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Hillary Clinton to hold town hall meeting in NLR Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008 By John Lyon Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., will hold a town hall meeting in North Little Rock on Wednesday, six days ahead of the state's Feb. 5 primary, her campaign staff said Monday. "Solutions for the American Economy" will be the topic of the meeting, set for 10:30 a.m. in the basketball arena on the west campus of North Little Rock High School. The event will be open to the public. As of Monday, the former Arkansas first lady did not have any other appearances scheduled in the state, according to Brett Kincaid, Clinton's Arkansas political director. Clinton will travel to Georgia after her appearance Wednesday in North Little Rock, Kincaid said. Meanwhile, a top adviser to Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama contended Monday that the Illinois senator's campaign has a stronger presence in the Super Tuesday states than Clinton's campaign. "We believe our voter contact efforts dwarf those of the Clinton operation - in every state, every day; we are methodically building support and volunteer capacity," David Plouffe, Obama's campaign manager, said in a written statement. "The Clinton campaign is utilizing a large volume of impersonal voter contact - robocalls and paid ID calls - but we do not see the kind of intensive precinct, town and congressional district-based organization that we have built in all of the states," Plouffe said. Kincaid said Clinton has a 75-county organization in Arkansas. "We have deep support throughout the state, more than 30 years of experience and ties, family and friends throughout Arkansas, so we're very comfortable about where we are heading into Super Tuesday," he said. Both Clinton and Obama have state campaign headquarters in downtown Little Rock. Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said Monday that Obama does not have any upcoming Arkansas appearances scheduled at this time. Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee also had no Arkansas appearances scheduled as of Monday, Huckabee spokesman Jim Harris said. |
