Obama vows payback in bruising battle with Clinton

US: Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign compared rival Sen. Barack Obama to the Clintons' chief nemesis of the 1990s, escalating their war of words since the former first lady won three primaries this week.

Both campaigns on Thursday also announced huge gains in fund-raising ahead of what is turning into a long campaign. Clinton's campaign said she had raised $4 million (euro2.6 million) online since Tuesday's wins in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island.

Obama's campaign countered by announcing he had raised a record $55 million (euro35.9 million) in February, eclipsing the impressive $35 million (euro22.85 million) that Clinton had raised then.

Washington, Friday, AP