Clinton to Discuss Aging Infrastructure

By: Michelle Levi
Topics: Hillary Clinton

(CBS)

From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

PHILADELPHIA -Hillary Clinton continues campaigning in Pennsylvania today as part of her "Solutions For the American Economy Tour," or as some in her campaign have referred to it, the "Econopalooza Tour." Clinton is expected to focus on the country's aging infrastructure, according a campaign source.

In several speeches here, Clinton has mentioned the importance of replacing old bridges and roads, primarily due to the fact that earlier this month in Philadelphia, Interstate 95 was closed down due to cracks in a concrete support pillar. The heavily traveled road was shut down for two days causing gridlock in the city.

Clinton will unveil a plan where she says she'll put Americans back to work by repairing America's infrastructure. Although Clinton has admitted that economic issues facing the country dont always grab headlines, it is the number one issue on the minds of Americans.

And perhaps Clinton summed it up best when on her third stop on the economic tour at a rally in Indianapolis over the weekend she said, "I think this election is about jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs." Plain and simple.

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by greenfun April 1, 2008 4:50 PM EDT: Check out Newsweek''s story. Obama''s oil spill. It''s about Obama''s ads that are currently running stating he doesn''t take money from oil companies-Busted slick Obama.; Reply to this comment


by mattcat25 April 1, 2008 4:10 PM EDT: The Republicans want to continue to divert Federal Funds away from our domestic agenda calling it Liberal wasteful spending to rebuild the infrastructure of some foreign country that our military has destroyed. And then reiterate the cycle over again by destroying and rebuilding for the next 100 years?

By the way how is that Bush/Cheney rebuilding of Iraq coming along?
How much has been restored, how much have they spent, and how much is it costing you?; Reply to this comment