What happened
Barack Obama, John Edwards, and the other contenders for the Democrat presidential nomination stepped up their attacks on front-runner Hillary Clinton in a debate in Las Vegas Thursday, hoping to further erode her momentum 50 days before primary voting begins. But this time Clinton fired back. (The Washington Post, free registration)
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