Clinton accuses Obama of plagiarism

There was a big political debate showdown in Texas. Clinton accuses Obama of plagiarism, but he calls charge evidence of a “silly season.”

Hillary Rodham Clinton accused presidential rival Barack Obama of political plagiarism Thursday night, but drew boos from a Democratic debate audience when she ridiculed him as the candidate of “change you can Xerox.”

Obama dismissed the charge out of hand, then turned the jeers to applause when he countered, “What we shouldn’t be spending time doing is tearing each other down. We should be spending time lifting the country up.”