Calif. Senate debate focuses on support for Israel

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By KEVIN FREKING and ROBIN HINDERY (AP) – 1 day ago

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Former congressman Tom Campbell on Friday used the first debate in the California Senate race to demand that his challengers not engage in a "whispering campaign" claiming he is against Israel or is an anti-Semite.

Campbell and his two opponents in the Republican primary, former Hewlett Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina and state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, participated in their first debate, organized by Sacramento radio station KTKZ-AM. Fiorina joined by telephone.

Campbell requested the debate after his opponents began questioning his support for Israel. Their attacks were based on his voting record when he served in the House of Representatives and on campaign money given by a donor who later was revealed to have ties to a U.S.-listed terrorist organization.

The attacks on Campbell took a sharper turn after the Los Angeles Times reported that Fiorina's campaign manager, Marty Wilson, told former California secretary of state Bruce McPherson that Campbell was an anti-Semite.

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[mulsh]

1. If I voted for repubs I'd vote for Tom. He's always had a pretty

good rep, even among loudmouthed lefty malcontents like me. He has always struck me as a fairly clear minded reasonable conservative, not much of gas bag or wing nut or failed corporatist executive.

His opponents obviously have no record to run on. Especially the woman who helped ruin HP.

[pinto]

2. "Fiorina joined by telephone."

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