Obama, Clinton campaigning in different races

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LAT: CAMPAIGN '08: The Democrats
Obama, Clinton campaigning in different races
In Nevada, he criticizes McCain on the economy and for a fundraiser featuring President Bush. She, in Montana, stumps for votes in one of the last Democratic contests.
By Scott Martelle, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
May 28, 2008

NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. -- Barack Obama criticized Republican rival John McCain on two tracks Tuesday, linking him to the policies of the Bush administration and deriding his economic proposals as proof that he is "out of touch with the struggles of working people."

As Obama campaigned against McCain here, Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared in Montana, where Democrats will vote next Tuesday in one of the nation's last primaries. The differing paths the two Democratic candidates took Tuesday signaled the looming end of their contest, with Obama campaigning as though he already is his party's standard-bearer and Clinton still contesting the nomination.

Obama, in the midst of a three-day swing of potential Western battleground states, used the struggles of a Las Vegas family facing foreclosure over skyrocketing mortgage payments to illustrate what has emerged as a key theme of his campaign -- the nation's sputtering economy....

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Clinton, at an evening rally in Billings, Mont., also cited McCain -- but it largely was to argue that she would be the stronger Democratic candidate against him. The New York senator acknowledged Obama's "deep base of support here" but otherwise spoke of her opponent obliquely. "I know that in this campaign there has been a lot of beautiful rhetoric and excitement," Clinton said, adding that she had "run a campaign focused on solutions."

Clinton also lashed out at "the failed policies of this Republican administration" and added that "it's been a long time since the economy has stuttered and sputtered so much."

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-dems28-2008may28,0,6493791.story