Bill Clinton Heads to North Carolina to Tap Old Political Support on Wife's Behalf

Hillary Clinton is spending Easter weekend at home in Chappaqua, N.Y., taking three days off before heading into the final weeks of primary campaigning, with must-win Pennsylvania in her sights.

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Friday, March 21, 2008

Hillary Clinton is spending Easter weekend at home in Chappaqua, N.Y., taking three days off before heading into the final weeks of primary campaigning, with must-win Pennsylvania in her sights.

But the New York senator's campaign is not on total weekend hiatus. The candidate's husband, former President Bill Clinton, is spending Friday in North Carolina, another key state on the shrinking nomination calendar. He'll be holding two events there, one with veterans and another with senior citizens.

There are 115 delegates up for grabs on May 6 in North Carolina. It's the second-biggest remaining prize next to Pennsylvania, where Clinton and Barack Obama will fight for 158 delegates on April 22.

Local news reports indicate Bill Clinton will be tapping old political ties in the Tar Heel State. Clinton state campaign director Ace Smith said the former president's 1992 and '96 campaign networks are still strong, according to WRAL.com.

"You're going to see them a lot, and you're going to see lots of surrogates from all over the country and you're going to see an awful lot of homegrown support," Smith said.

North Carolina also is the home state of John Edwards, who holds the last big Democratic endorsement up for grabs following Bill Richardson's defection to the Obama camp on Friday. There were no reports that the former president and former vice presidential candidate planned to meet on Friday.

Click here to read the WRAL.com report.

 

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