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Clinton, Obama Supporters Muster Forces at Local Rallies
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One ad makes the case that the senator from New York is the candidate best suited to confront economic problems, including a spike in home foreclosures and stock market woes. The other touts her plans to jump-start the economy and create jobs.
Obama is airing four ads in the region. One ad features Caroline Kennedy saying that Obama inspires her in the way that people have told her that her father, President John F. Kennedy, inspired them. Other Obama ads include footage of the candidate calling for improved health-care, school and job opportunities.
Both Clinton and Obama have scheduled appearances in Maryland on Monday. Obama has rallies in College Park and Baltimore. Clinton has yet to announce a location.
And both have added appearances in Virginia tomorrow, after their appearances tonight at a Democratic Party dinner in Richmond. Obama plans to campaign in Alexandria and Virginia Beach. Clinton plans to campaign in Manassas and Roanoke.
Former president Bill Clinton is also scheduled to barnstorm Virginia today to try to boost his wife's campaign heading into Tuesday's primary. He will be in Chesapeake in the morning, then will travel to western Virginia for rallies in Abingdon and at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.
On the Republican side, Huckabee has an appearance scheduled today in College Park, and McCain announced a rally in Richmond on Monday.
Yesterday's rally in Annapolis featured a string of testimonials on Clinton's behalf.
Del. Ana Sol Guitierrez (D-Montgomery) delivered part of her remarks in Spanish. "Hillary stands for all of us, no matter who we are," she said. "She's been with us for years."
Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown (D), who spent 10 months in Iraq as an Army reservist, said he believed Clinton was best suited to lead the United States out of Iraq.
Supporters at the Obama rally in Silver Spring argued otherwise.
"We must end this war now," said Rushern L. Baker III, a former state delegate from Prince George's and a judge advocate general with the Army. "We need a president who gets that."
Other speakers argued that Clinton and McCain didn't get it. "He seems to embrace all of the activities, all of the politics, of George Bush," Acie Byrd, a Vietnam veteran who served in the Navy, said of McCain, a pilot who was captured by the North Vietnamese during the war.
Staff writers Nelson Hernandez and Lisa Rein contributed to this report.
