Black leader to Bill Clinton: 'Chill' on Obama

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(CNN) -- The bitter back-and-forth between former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama has led a prominent black lawmaker to tell the former president Monday to "chill a little bit."

The two Democratic front-runners, Illinois Sen. Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, are locked in a battle for the key South Carolina primary this Saturday.

As their campaign sparring continues, the Illinois senator seems to be spending almost as much time responding to Hillary Clinton's husband as he does to the candidate herself.

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, one of the most powerful African-Americans in Congress, weighed in on the feud Monday, saying it was time for Bill Clinton to watch his words.

Bill Clinton has delivered full-throated attacks on Obama in recent days, accusing him of overstating his opposition to the war in Iraq, complaining about Obama's union supporters in the Nevada caucuses last weekend and blasting his relatively mild praise for Republican icon Ronald Reagan during a Las Vegas newspaper interview.

Obama adviser David Axelrod said the Clintons have been playing "good cop, bad cop," with him wielding the club while she stays positive.

And Obama said Monday that Bill Clinton "continues to make statements that aren't supported by the facts."

Bill Clinton's attacks on Obama, Clyburn said in a CNN interview, were unfair because a former president's viewpoint "carries with it extra weight."

Watch Clyburn tell Clinton to 'chill'

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/21/oba...ref=mpstoryview

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Both sides need to chill. Do they forget they're part of the same party?

[no name 1]

Both sides need to chill. Do they forget they're part of the same party?

Hillary has an ex-husband who was President. Many Americans liked him. So she's using it to her advantage, big deal. ANyone else would too, and you know it.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Bill's influence may only work up to a point - plus he has that infamous temper of his to contend with. Blowing up at press conferences...

[no name 1]

Bill's influence may only work up to a point - plus he has that infamous temper of his to contend with. Blowing up at press conferences...

Sure. I find it amusing all of a sudden O's supporters (& O himself) are like, hey, Bill can't talk about anything.

AS IF!

[mawilson 2,133]

Both sides need to chill. Do they forget they're part of the same party?

Hillary has an ex-husband who was President. Many Americans liked him. So she's using it to her advantage, big deal. ANyone else would too, and you know it.

Bill is her only advantage. The only reason people vote for Hillary is to put Bill back in the Oval Office.

[no name 1]

Both sides need to chill. Do they forget they're part of the same party?

Hillary has an ex-husband who was President. Many Americans liked him. So she's using it to her advantage, big deal. ANyone else would too, and you know it.

Bill is her only advantage. The only reason people vote for Hillary is to put Bill back in the Oval Office.

and?

[mawilson 2,133]

Both sides need to chill. Do they forget they're part of the same party?

Hillary has an ex-husband who was President. Many Americans liked him. So she's using it to her advantage, big deal. ANyone else would too, and you know it.

Bill is her only advantage. The only reason people vote for Hillary is to put Bill back in the Oval Office.

and?

And I don't have a problem with it. Fair play to her and Bill supporters. If she wins, she wins.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I think too much water has gone under that bridge. Bill's comments might get people listening, but on the other side it puts her perpetually in his shadow. I think that will come back to haunt them come election time.

[no name 1]

I don't get all the fuss. Oh no, we can't have a b*tch like her in office. Anyone but Hillary!!!!11 God forbid a strong, intelligent & experienced woman be elected President.

Now it's all about her riding Bill's coattails..altho when he was in office, everyone got all pi$$y that she was too strong & influenced Bill. So which is it?

Either way, it's working!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Why is there only one female candidate...? For that matter why is there only one black candidate?

Respect to each of them - but a choice of one candidate seems a rather bad deal; if indeed the fact that she's a woman, and he (Obama) is black is enough of a reason (or indeed an important reason) to vote for either of them. I'm not sure it is.

[no name 1]

Why is there only one female candidate...? For that matter why is there only one black candidate?

Respect to each of them - but a choice of one candidate seems a rather bad deal; if indeed the fact that she's a woman, and he (Obama) is black is enough of a reason (or indeed an important reason) to vote for either of them. I'm not sure it is.

certainly not. But some will vote because of that.

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What does the white leadership have to say?