The top remaining presidential candidates are making a final push for voter support before this Tuesday's Potomac primaries.
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama gave speeches last weekend at the Virginia Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Richmond, while Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee appeared before thousands of students at the University of Maryland, College Park, according to The Washington Post.
Clinton and Obama have both taken a more critical stance against Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Clinton told the audience Saturday night that she was ready to take on the GOP forerunner "toe-to-toe." Obama criticized the senator for his inconsistent stance on tax cuts for the wealthy and on his plans of a "hundred-year war in Iraq," according to The Post.
Local leaders have shown overwhelming support for the Democratic candidates in the midst of the primaries, The Post reported. Obama received the endorsements of D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, while Clinton got the support of Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.
-CHRISTOPHER COTTRELL
