(Senator Hillary) Clinton woos labor, Latinos on California swing

Source: LA Times

She tells workers she'll save U.S. jobs, then mingles at a taco stand.
By Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

In her first trip to California since her surprise victory in the New Hampshire presidential primary, a buoyant Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday worked the crowds at a union hall and a taco stand as she tried to shore up support among labor and Latinos, two prize blocs of voters for the Democratic candidates facing off in the Feb. 5 California primary.

Clinton, rocked last week when she placed a disappointing third in the Iowa caucuses, appeared relaxed and confident during her three-stop campaign swing through Southern California, taking freewheeling shots at President Bush for his "happy talk" about the economy and posing for snapshots with tattoo artists and others outside King Taco in East Los Angeles.


Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times
SALUDOS: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton makes a campaign stop at King Taco in East L.A. with Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez, at left behind her, and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, right. Latinos account for about 25% of likely Democratic voters in the state’s Feb. 5 primary.

Clinton's first stop of the day was at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers training center in the City of Commerce, where she officially unveiled her $70-billion proposal to stimulate the ailing economy. The package also would offer aid to homeowners facing foreclosure or winter heating bills that are rising because of the sharp increase in oil prices.

But she was greeted most warmly by the packed union hall when she drifted away from the scripted details of middle-class tax cuts and weatherization programs, and instead talked about saving American jobs, bringing the troops home from Iraq and getting "the two oilmen out of the White House."





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