Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will be coming to Charlottesville. Wait, didn’t they already already do that? Yes, but now, with an indecisive Super Tuesday leaving the two candidates still vying neck and neck for the Democratic nomination, Virginia’s primary, which takes place next Tuesday, February 12, has become an important battle. The Daily Progress reports that Clinton will come to town on Monday, having accepted an invitation by Larry Sabato to speak to his American Politics class. The Washington Post reports that Obama will make appearances in Northern Virginia, Richmond, the Tidewater region and Charlottesville, the four parts of the state that his strategists have deemed the most important (The Daily Progress does not confirm this, however). The two frontrunners will also appear at the Jefferson-Jackson Democratic Dinner in Richmond on Saturday.
 Hillary Clinton came to the Paramount Theater in September for a fundraiser, and now she’ll be back in town to speak to Larry Sabato’s American Politics class and campaign for next week’s primary. |
Republican candidate John McCain reserved the Paramount Theater for Sunday, but in fact he won’t make an appearance in Charlottesville on that day, says Del. Chris Saxman, Virginia’s McCain campaign co-chair, according to the Progress.
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Less than super [February 6]
Virginia waits for state primary on February 12
Local roadblock [February 5]
UVA historian implicated in 9/11 cover-up