Republicans set for 'brawl' as White House race goes national

0 Comments | AFP, January, 2008

WASHINGTON (AFP) — White House contenders fanned out Thursday as the gripping US presidential race headed into a series of make-or-break contests and rival Republicans limbered up for a debate "brawl."

The Democratic field, thrown wide open by Hillary Clinton's surprise win in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, thinned out with the withdrawal of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.

Clinton's vanquished opponent on Tuesday, Barack Obama, won the backing of 2004 Democratic standard-bearer John Kerry, as Obama wowed supporters in sunny South Carolina with his call that "our time for change has come."

Top Republicans sparred in Michigan, a battleground state scarred by industrial decline, before descending on South Carolina for a high-stakes evening debate....

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