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Friday, February 22, 2008 12:00 AM

Hillary Clinton's Texas-size moment

All that mattered about the showdown in Austin was whether she could stop Barack Obama's momentum. Were her powerful closing words a magic bullet?
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Friday, February 22, 2008 08:30 AM

    Impotent Putdown

    Mr. Shapiro referred to Senator Clinton's Xerox line as a "potent putdown". How potent can it be when the audience (and nation) boos? Thank goodness that most of the Clintons' mudslinging seems to have backfired this year. Let's leave the Rovian tactics to the Republicans.

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