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cal04

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Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:27 PM Oct 2012

Bill Clinton looks to boost races in Hoosier state [View all]

Source: CNN

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"What is this idea that it's my way or the highway?" said Clinton of GOP opponent Richard Mourdock who upended sitting Sen. Richard Lugar in the GOP primary, leaving the Republican candidate to face Democrat Joe Donnelly in Indiana's elections.

Clinton continued: "I was raised to believe nobody's right all the time. Maybe Mr. Mourdock is, I don't know. He's way right all the time."

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Clinton jumped on the opportunity to bring the effects of the Obama administration to the state level, criticizing Gregg's gubernatorial opponent Rep. Mike Pence and Mourdock for opposing the auto bailout.

"John Gregg's opponent voted against it, and Joe Donnelly's opponent tried to kill it in court," Clinton said killing two birds with one stone. "You've got to give them credit: They didn't just speak out against it, I mean they took a real stand. They said, 'let's put those suckers out of work as quick as we can.'"



Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/12/clinton-looks-to-boost-races-in-hoosier-state/

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