Clinton and Obama Visits Suggest New Clout for Two States

[Ethelk2044]

New York and New Jersey have often been bit players in the presidential nominating process, with their primaries typically occurring after the nominees have been settled upon.

That may be part of the reason both Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama were visiting the region yesterday to spotlight endorsements, with Mrs. Clinton getting the backing of Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York and Mr. Obama gaining the endorsements of Mayor Cory A. Booker of Newark and Mayor Jerramiah Healy of Jersey City.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/us/politics/15northeast.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin