Clinton presses case for Obama

While a few skeptics still suspect she secretly wants Barack Obama to lose Tuesday, Hillary Clinton publicly is going all out for the man who bested her for the Democratic nomination.

Today, she is scheduled to meet with Obama's volunteers and staffers in Pittsburgh, attend a rally in St. Charles, Mo., and go to Duluth, Minn., to stump for US Senate candidate Al Franken.

She also had op-ed pieces published today in newspapers in New York and Florida, meaning she has a presence in five states.

"On Tuesday, New Yorkers and Americans have a big decision to make. Do we continue to pursue the policies of the past eight years or do we chart a new course? I believe we can and we must chart a new course led by President Barack Obama," she wrote in the New York Daily News.

"How can it be any other way? We find ourselves in an economic crisis born and bred by the failed policies of Washington Republicans: gut regulations; cut taxes for billionaires and big corporations instead of the middle class; continue tax breaks for oil companies, drug companies, insurance companies, and companies that ship jobs overseas; deny the home mortgage crisis; ignore the energy crisis; and dismiss the health care crisis....And the fact is, President Bush has practiced what Sen. John McCain has preached. We know that Sen. McCain and the Republicans are only offering more of the same."

In the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Clinton's pitch is targeted to Jewish voters.

"As Americans head to the polls on Nov. 4, we have an important responsibility: to choose a president who will make the changes we need here at home and strengthen America's standing around the world," she wrote.

"I am enthusiastically supporting Sen. Barack Obama, because I know that he will be that president. He shares my commitment to changing our nation's course and addressing the economic crisis taking a toll on the financial markets, small businesses and middle class families. And Sen. Obama shares my view that the next president must say to the world that America's resolve is unyielding: The United States stands with Israel."