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Another take on the Democrats debate in front of a union audience. CBS covers the two top candidates as other reports did. But the description of the other candidates is worth mentioning. A lame insult from Edwards to Clinton expressed we won’t see Edwards on the cover of Fortune magazine. Was he feeling neglected or was that really intended to do any damage to Clinton? Something more substantial like specifics on her campaign contributions would have served him better.

Senator Dodd joined in the Obama bashing but was no more effective than Biden or Edwards. Everyone is late to the party on infrastructure rebuilding. Pandering to the bridge failure in Minnesota they all agree we need to spend more on rebuilding. Of course if there is a problem with none of the billions spent by government getting to such tasks, no one on this stage is likely to accept responsibility for it.

Bill Richardson, whose late surge in the polls last month was expected to launch his campaign, offered a dual approach to redirecting earmark money to infrastructure rebuilding. To repeat, everyone is late to the party on this issue. And the final note is on Edwards only known success regarding trade agreements. Other candidates talked about it at this debate.

Not unlike other debates there is little to study here as it was mostly a typical opponent bashing session. A little more substance and less theater from both parties would be appreciated.

Stanford Matthews
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Clinton, Obama Take Heat At AFL-CIO Forum

CHICAGO, Aug. 7, 2007(CBS/AP) Democratic rivals accused Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of being too cozy with lobbyists and Wall Street Tuesday, but the party’s presidential front-runner portrayed herself as a champion of working people and commonsense policies, drawing cheers from a crowd of union activists.

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, running second to Clinton in most polls, leveled some of the criticism but was forced to defend his own recent statements on Pakistan during the 90-minute debate sponsored by the AFL-CIO at Chicago’s Soldier Field.

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