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Clinton, Obama debate will happen
An MSNBC anchor's comments almost made Clinton drop out of the event.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
It's official: The Ohio debate is on.
Despite the Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign's concerns about an MSNBC personality's derogatory comments about Chelsea Clinton, the Clinton campaign on Wednesday agreed to participate in a Feb. 26 debate hosted by NBC-WKYC Channel 3 at Cleveland State University.
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The Barack Obama campaign already agreed to participate in the debate. Clinton had initially agreed to the event, but later suggested she might withdraw after MSNBC's David Shuster said her campaign "pimped out" Chelsea by having her call celebrities and Democratic party super delegates.
Shuster was later suspended by the network for his remark. But Wednesday, Feb. 13, Clinton spokesman Isaac Baker said the campaign had decided to go forward as planned.
"We still have concerns about the behavior of members of the NBC team, but that should not stop Ohioans from getting an opportunity to see the candidates debate the issues," Baker said.
