Recently, former President Bill Clinton said he hoped the back and forth debating between his wife and Sen. Barack Obama would continue.
"I don't give a riff about all this name-calling that's going on," he said. "It's been going on ever since Iowa. Let's just saddle up and have an argument. What's the matter with that? That's what America's about."
Clinton also said campaign advisers who make negative comments about other candidates should not be forced to resign.
CBN News spoke with Dr. Charles Dunn, dean of the Regent University School of Government, on the division taking place in the Democratic party.
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