Clinton Scoffed at Debates in 2006, Loves Them Now
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Now that she has lost Super Tuesday, Hillary Clinton has challenged Barack Obama to debate five more times.
"One of the things I've always appreciated about the Democratic Party is its willingness to engage the toughest issues facing our country, even if we don't always agree on how best to solve them," Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle wrote today to Obama campaign manager David Plouffe. "I was disappointed to see that Senator Obama rejected the idea of having more debates given the fact that he and Senators Clinton have had only a single one-on-one debate. I think we can do better and so does Hillary."
"I'm sure we will accept at least one," Obama said. "I don't think anybody's clamoring for more debates. We've had — what — 18 debates so far. We are still trying to sort through our schedule, because it's very important for me to spend time with voters."
Clinton had a different attitude in 2006 when she was running for the Senate. In the primary race she refused to debate with anti-war challenger Jonathan Tasini.
They never actually ever answered the question about why they wouldn't debate -- the campaign kind of just laughed it off.
Now that her funds and her campaign are not where they expected, Hillary is flip flopping on her desire to use debates.
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