In West Virginia, Clinton rouses crowd on Iraq but is careful when talking about coal

Sen. Hillary Clinton drew big crowds yesterday as she took her presidential campaign to West Virginia, but touched gingerly on the subject of the state's major extractive industry, reports The Charleston Gazette.

“She emphasized other energy methods and said coal needs to be burned more cleanly,” Tom Searls wrote, quoting Clinton: “We’ve got to figure out how we’re going to make it work for America.”

Clinton spoke to “a standing-room-only crowd of more than 700” at West Virginia State University. “She brought the crowd to its feet more than once, but never for longer than when she said she would end the war in Iraq,” Searls reported.

“Clinton began her day in Charleston running late to a 1 p.m. fundraising luncheon at a downtown hotel. Charleston City Councilman Harry Deitzler, who helped organize the event, said he was told it was the largest primary fundraiser ever for a presidential candidate in the state.” (Read more)