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Times change on Clinton visit to Huntington
Lori Wolfe/The Herald-Dispatch Hillary Clinton speaks Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, during a campaign stop at the Ohio University Southern Child Development Center in Hanging Rock, Ohio.
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HUNTINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton's visit to Huntington Wednesday has been moved to the afternoon, her campaign announced Tuesday night.
She will meet with veterans at American Legion Post 16 at 4:15 p.m., with doors opening at 3:30 p.m.
Meanwhile, her opponent, Democratic primary opponent, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, has scheduled a trip to the Mountain State on Thursday and will visit Charleston and Beckley.
Wednesday, Clinton will first go to Charleston, where she will host a "Solutions for America" town hall meeting at 2 p.m. at Capital High School.
She then is scheduled to travel to Huntington for the session at American Legion Post 16, 1421 6th Ave. She will host a roundtable discussion with veterans, according to a prepared release from her campaign. Because of limited space, the event is by invitation only, according to the release.
This will be Clinton's second visit to the Tri-State this year. She visited the Ohio University-Southern Child Development Center at Hanging Rock, Ohio, on Feb. 28.
Obama is tentatively scheduled to speak in Charleston on Thursday morning and in Beckley that afternoon, according to his campaign officials.
This is Obama's first trip to the Mountain State since campaigning for the presidential nomination. His last public appearance in West Virginia was at the September 2006 state Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner.
Obama has received the support of at least two high-profile West Virginia Democrats: U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller and U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall.
Obama currently holds a 1,603-to-1,497 lead in overall delegates for the Democratic nomination over Clinton.
With West Virginia's Democratic primary set for Tuesday, May 13, Vogel said the visits from both candidates this week show the Mountain State is crucial to their campaigns.
"It's the first time since 1960 that we have a primary election in which West Virginia can make an impact," he said. "Not only that, but I think this shows West Virginia will be a battleground state in the fall, too."
