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Article: Clinton, Obama engage in bitter debate ahead of key South Carolina primary
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- January 22, 2008
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The Democratic presidential race grew increasingly acrimoniously ahead of the pivotal South Carolina primary after front-runners Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama accused each other of repeatedly and deliberately distorting the truth for a political gain in a heated debate.
Republican White House candidates, meanwhile, focused on Florida where former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has pinned all hopes for his candidacy after staying out of the early contests in which his three main rivals split the spoils in contests that netted three different winners in six states.
The Democrats' debate Monday night quickly devolved into an angry exchange between Clinton and Obama.
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