After losing to Illinois Senator Barack Obama in this weekend’s South Carolina democratic primary, Hillary Clinton made a quick stop in Nashville. But with just over a week before Tennessee’s February 5th primary, that wasn’t the only presidential campaign event.
New York Senator Hillary Clinton drew thousands to a town hall meeting that was also a rally Saturday night as Clinton looked away from South Carolina and towards the Super Tuesday states. She congratulated Illinois Senator Barack Obama on his win but says she knew the campaign would be a long one.
“February 5th has always been for me, the key that we’re going to be doing everything we can here in Tennessee. If you look at all the states that are going to be voting on February 5th, it stretches from Massachusetts to California.”
This was the second Clinton visit to Nashville in less than a week, after her husband, former president Bill Clinton, campaigned for her at Fisk University. Hillary’s event was at Tennessee State University, another of Nashville’s historically black colleges.
Rand Paul, the son of Ron Paul, who’s running for the republican nomination for president, was also in town over the weekend to rally supporters. Paul says his father can pull the Republican Party back to its roots.
“You don’t spend more than you take in. Now a lot of Republicans give lip service to that but the Republicans have been horrible stewards of the federal dollar. The deficits have run away from us under the Republicans.”
Paul is the only republican to have an office in the state after former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson dropped out of the race.
Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards who’s campaigning for the democratic nomination will be in Nashville this afternoon.
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