iHipHop Admin Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton debated for the 20th time Tuesday night at Cleveland State University about health care, trade, Iraq and their own campaign tactics.
Clinton was clearly intent on positioning herself as a fighter who could take on Republicans in the fall and all enemies, foreign and domestic, after that. Obama by contrast seemed far more interested in establishing himself as a cool conciliator, who could bridge the differences that divide his party and the nation.
According to CNN estimates, Obama leads Clinton in the delegate race, 1,360 to 1,269. In all, 2,025 delegates are needed to seal the Democratic nomination.
On the Republican side, a conservative radio talk-show host said that "he’s had it up to here" with Sen. John McCain after the GOP presidential candidate repudiated the commentator’s remarks about Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama at a campaign event.
"John McCain threw me under a bus — under the ‘Straight Talk Express,’ " Bill Cunningham told CNN on Tuesday, referring to McCain’s campaign bus.
Earlier Tuesday, Cunningham spoke at a McCain campaign event in Cincinnati and called Obama a "hack, Chicago-style Daley politician."
"All is going to be right with the world when the great prophet from Chicago takes the stand, and the world leaders who want to kill us will simply be singing ‘Kumbaya’ around the table of Barack Obama," the commentator told the crowd.
Cunningham, known for his flame-throwing style, repeatedly used Obama’s middle name — Hussein — during his remarks, made as a warm-up for the audience waiting to hear Mc Cain speak.
In his first public comment since Tuesday’s event, Cunningham defended his use of Hussein, which he called "a proud Muslim name." 