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Obama looks to November as Clinton looks to Tuesday
Chicago Tribune - United States
Hillary Clinton can only look as far as Tuesday. Those differing approaches to the Democratic presidential campaign were evident Monday as both candidates were in West Virginia on the same day for the first time. The front-running Obama made quick work of the state, flying in for a speech in Charleston before departing for Kentucky, which votes on May 20. And in those remarks he readily conceded what most expect: that Clinton will handily beat him here Tuesday in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary.

A West Virginia Win Is Unlikely to Help Clinton
Forbes - NY,USA
Voters in West Virginia will head to the polls for the primary on Tuesday, and the numbers favor Hillary Clinton. The key demographics: 95% of the state’s population is white, only 3% African-American, 29% are employed in blue-collar jobs, the youth vote has dwindled in recent years as scores of young people have left the state in search of jobs, and only 15% of the population have a college education.

As pressure builds, Clinton pulls out stops
Baltimore Sun - United States
Was there the newest incarnation, Hillary Clinton Mellencamp, the small-town populist who never stops fighting? Check, complete with soundtrack ("Small Town ," "Check It Out," "Our Country"). She talked tough about oil producers and the high price of gas, saying "When I'm president, you aren't gonna see me holdin' hands with the Saudis, you're gonna see me holdin' them accountable.")

Dems to Clinton: Don't Say Anything to Hurt Us
ABC News - USA
JAKE TAPPER Sen. Hillary Clinton, DN.Y., pressed her campaign ahead of Tuesday's West Virginia primary as Democratic Party leaders warned her not to do or say anything that could hurt Democratic front-runner Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in November.Clinton is considered likely to win West Virginia's primary, perhaps by as many as 30 percentage points, but the victory in the small state is not expected to shake Obama's apparent hold on the party's nomination.

Maine's Rep. Allen to endorse Obama
USA Today - USA
Allen has been friends with Hillary Clinton's husband, former president Bill Clinton, since they were Rhodes Scholars together when they were in their early their early 20s. He has known Hillary Clinton since 1991, he said. Allen said he had placed calls to both Hillary and Bill Clinton, but hadn't spoken to either about his decision to support Obama. "Personally this is a difficult decision for me," Allen said. "But I believe it's in the best interest of the country."