Obama, Clinton look to West Virginia

Obama, moving closer each day to claiming enough delegates to secure the nomination, scheduled a campaign appearance Monday in Charleston, West Virginia; he's also slated to visit Kentucky, which holds its primary on May 20.

Clinton, who is struggling to keep her financially strapped campaign afloat, spent Sunday campaigning in West Virginia.

She made a brief afternoon visit to the home of Anna Jarvis, who is credited with founding Mother's Day 100 years ago. Clinton, who is hoping to become the United States' first woman president, afterward told stories about women who have changed history by pressing for equal rights and breaking into male-dominated careers.

She highlighted her own mother's working-class upbringing and quoted from letters she said mothers have written her recently.

Clinton said her favorite letter ended, "It's not over until the lady in the pantsuit says it is."

At an evening campaign stop in Eleanor, West Virginia, Clinton quoted former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt: "A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she's in hot water."

Clinton's visit highlighted her support among women, white working-class voters and older voters. Those demographics make West Virginia and Kentucky friendly territory where polls show her leading Obama by as much as 40 percentage points.

Her chief strategist, Howard Wolfson, said West Virginia is a key swing state that Republicans won in 2000 and 2004, and that the former first lady will put back in the Democratic column. He challenged Obama to beat her there if the senator from Illinois wants her out of the race.

"Why can't Senator Obama beat Senator Clinton in West Virginia? Voters there have heard that he's the presumptive nominee," Wolfson said on "Fox News Sunday."