AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton accused surging rival Barack Obama of having a weak resume and using borrowed rhetoric in his speeches as she tried to slow Obama's momentum at a crucial debate on Thursday.
Clinton, her political life on the line based on whether she can gain big victories in Texas and Ohio on March 4, went on the attack about halfway into an otherwise genteel debate that featured some differences on how to deal with Cuba without Fidel Castro in charge.The New York senator ridiculed Obama for using uplifting rhetoric in his stump speeches that had already been used by a supporter, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
"If your candidacy is going to be about words, then it should be your own words," she said.
She said Obama's message was not "change you can believe in, it's change you can Xerox."
Obama, an Illinois senator trying to make no mistakes at the CNN/Univision debate and endanger his front-running status, said the fuss over the lines he used from Patrick was "silly season" politics.
Scolding Clinton, he said Democrats should not be spending time "tearing each other down" but rather "lifting the country up."
Obama has a growing lead in pledged convention delegates who will choose the Democratic candidate at the August convention. Continued...
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