During tonight’s CNN/Congressional Black Caucus Institute debate, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) drew sharp distinctions between himself and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY). In a heated exchange, Obama accused Clinton of misrepresenting his comments about former president Ronald Reagan. At one point, Obama raised his voice, interrupted Clinton, and with his hand extended towards Clinton, told the senator from New York that he had lived with the consequences of the Reagan economy while she was serving on the corporate board of Walmart.

Was this Obama’s Rick Lazio moment?

UPDATE: Clinton echoes Krugman and misrepresents Obama’s Reagan comments, accuses Obama of working for a “slum lord.”

UPDATE II: TPM posted video of Clinton/Obama tension:

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