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Clinton accuses Obama of being too far left

Using a curious tactic in a Democratic primary season dominated by liberals, Hillary Rodham Clinton Tuesday accused Barack Obama of being too far left to be elected president -- citing a decade-old questionnaire indicating Obama once opposed the death penalty and backed socialized medicine.

The attack, coming as a surprising new ABC News-Washington Post poll showed her national lead over...

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