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Their Philly faceoff

Clinton pounds Obama on his  bitter comment; he says voters are tired of pols pouncing on gaffes

PHILADELPHIA - Hillary Rodham Clinton hammered away at Barack Obama during the first Democratic debate in over a month, while an annoyed Obama accused her of turning off voters by pouncing on gaffes instead of discussing grave problems like the economy and Iraq. Some in Clinton's camp had signaled she'd cut back on attacks after the recent sacking of her hard-edged chief strategist Mark Penn. But...

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