Democratic Rivals Hear Ohio's Ills, Set Out Plans for Mortgages, Jobs

Clinton Focuses on Housing, Obama on Nafta in a State Hit Hard in Recent Years
By AMY CHOZICK and NICK TIMIRAOSFebruary 25, 2008; Page A3

LORAIN, Ohio -- With a little more than a week before Ohio holds its primary contests, the two Democratic candidates are debating what has hurt the economically distressed state more: free-trade pacts or the housing crisis.
While Sen. Barack Obama focuses his economic talks on criticizing the North American Free Trade Agreement, implemented during the presidency of Bill Clinton, Sen. Hillary Clinton is struggling to stay in the race by presenting herself as the candidate who can solve the housing crisis.
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