Jan 17, 2008 10:37 pm US/Pacific
Democrats Stump In Los Angeles Thursday
LOS ANGELES (CBS) ―
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards are both scheduled to campaign in the Southland Thursday, completing a two-day period when all three leading Democratic presidential candidates will have been in the region.
Clinton is scheduled to meet with religious leaders at a Compton church, then conduct what her campaign has dubbed a "Solutions for the American Economy" town hall at Cal State Northridge.
This will be Clinton's second trip to the Los Angeles area in seven days. On Friday, she unveiled a five-part $70 billion economic stimulus package in Commerce, then had lunch at a King Taco stand in Boyle Heights.
Edwards is set to speak in downtown Los Angeles, where he will tell voters of "his detailed plans to stand up to the powerful interests and make sure hard-working families can get ahead," according to a campaign statement.
Edwards' visit comes as part of his "America Rising, Coast to Coast" tour of both Democratic and Republican states, where he is trying to prove he is the Democrat with the best chance of winning the general election despite a second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses and a third-place finish in the New Hampshire primary.
Yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. promoted his proposal to change bankruptcy laws and cap interest rates during a roundtable in the backyard of a modest Van Nuys home and later spoke at a $2,300-per person campaign fundraiser in Pacific Palisades.
Although the California primary is 19 days away, one reason for the current series of visits is that voting by mail for the Feb. 5 primary is under way and the candidates have few chances left to try to persuade early voters.
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