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Article: WISCONSIN DESERVES A DEBATE BARACK OBAMA SHOULD ACCEPT THE OFFER TO DEBATE HILLARY CLINTON AT MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY LATER THIS WEEK.(OPINION)(Editorial)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- February 12, 2008
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When a political candidate starts demanding more debates, it's usually because his or her campaign needs a lift.
In recent days, Hillary Clinton and some of her key Wisconsin supporters have tried to pressure Barack Obama into debating at Marquette University in Milwaukee before Wisconsin's big Democratic primary Feb. 19.
Clinton and her political friends obviously favor a debate for more than civic reasons. Yet Obama should wholeheartedly accept the invitation anyway.
The Illinois senator is going to need Wisconsin - both now and in November - if he wants to become president. Our swing state deserves its own debate with questions focusing on ...