Obama aides set conference call on rural Pa. plan

Sen. Barack Obama's campaign says it will host a conference call to discuss its rural policy plan for Pennsylvania tonight at 6 p.m. EDT. On the call will be former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, and Carlos Monje, Obama's deputy policy director. They will speak about the plan and then answer questions.

Josh Bendor of the campaign writes, "We would be delighted to be joined by readers (and writers) of The Rural Blog, especially those in Pennsylvania, which will be the focus of the call. Those who are interested can sign up at and submit questions at http://pa.barackobama.com/policypa." The plan can be found here.

Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton will meet in debate tonight at 8 p.m. on ABC. He heads to Raleigh and Greenville, N.C., tomorrow; she says she plans to campaign in Pennsylvania through April 22, the date of its primary.