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Rivals target Clinton on experience
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 Rivals target Clinton on experience
Senator Barack Obama's recent decision to challenge Hillary Clinton's claims of governing "experience" stemming from her days as first lady has split her two most aggressive challengers, with Obama suggesting she deserves meager credit for her husband's presidency and John Edwards, a former North Carolina senator, arguing she should be held accountable for its flaws.
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Senator Barack Obama's recent decision to challenge Hillary Clinton's claims of governing "experience" stemming from her days as first lady has split her two most aggressive challengers, with Obama suggesting she deserves meager credit for her husband's presidency and John Edwards, a former North Carolina senator, arguing she should be held accountable for its flaws.Until now, Clinton's rivals ignored the question of whether the former first lady - an unelected confidante whose role in Oval Office decision-making has thus far largely eluded the public record - should be judged by voters as a senior administration official or a bystanding presidential relative.Initially, Obama and Edwards accepted Clinton's stipulation of her own experience drawn from years inside the White House, instead taking issue with her character, political style, and ability to win.But last week, in unusually biting language, Obama began to forcefully question how much White House experience Clinton was entitled to list on her résumé. "My understanding was that she wasn't treasury secretary in the Clinton administration," Obama said, before suggesting that his wife, Michelle, should not be able to brag of a senatorial record because of her proximity to him.Now, as Bill Clinton campaigns this week for Hillary, the years they spent in the White House, which many Democrats recall fondly while lamenting some missed opportunities, are receiving increasingly intense scrutiny from her challengers.
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