Obama forsakes debate in favour of the canvass trail

DEMOCRATIC presidential candidate Barack Obama yesterday brushed aside a challenge from Hillary Rodham Clinton to debate before the May 6 primaries in Indiana and North Carolina.

On Saturday, Clinton said she wanted Obama to face off with her in a debate without a moderator, Lincoln-Douglas style.

“I’m not ducking. We’ve had 21 debates,” Obama said yesterday in a reply to Fox News.