Obama, Clintons, Kennedys plan South Dakota visits

By Journal staff and wire reports | Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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South Dakota Democrats have a lot to look forward to this week, starting Wednesday with former President Bill Clinton's return visit to Pine Ridge, and continuing Thursday with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's second visit to South Dakota in a week.

On Friday, Sen. Barack Obama plans stops in Watertown, Sioux Falls and possibly Aberdeen, and members of the Kennedy family plan to visit western South Dakota on Obama's behalf.

Bill Clinton, who addressed 1,500 people in Rapid City on Saturday in support of his wife's presidential candidacy, plans to speak at Pine Ridge High School at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, the Clinton campaign said Tuesday.

Details and the location of Hillary Clinton's Thursday visit were not released as of Tuesday evening.

Democratic front-runner Obama is scheduled to make his first campaign stops in South Dakota as both he and Clinton battle for delegates in the state's June 3 primary.

He is scheduled visit the Watertown area Friday morning and Sioux Falls in the evening. Details were still being worked out Tuesday, his campaign said.

Earlier, Aberdeen Mayor Mike Levsen said the Obama campaign had been in contact about a potential visit to Aberdeen, the home of former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle, an Obama supporter.

Also on Friday, Ethel Kennedy, 80, widow of the late U.S. senator and 1968 presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy, and Max Kennedy, 43, the ninth of Ethel Kennedy's 11 children, were scheduled to appear in western South Dakota in support of Obama's candidacy.

They plan to attend a community coffee at The Journey Museum in Rapid City on Friday morning and two events in Pine Ridge on Friday afternoon, the Obama campaign said in a news release.

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