......Clinton implied that Obama's career has mostly been spent running for office rather than governing.
"He was a part-time state senator for a few years, and then he came to the Senate and immediately started running for president," she said. "And that's his prerogative. That's his right. But I think it is important to compare and contrast our records."
Clinton, who voted to authorize the war in Iraq and now vows to end it, criticized Obama for saying he opposed the war but then voted to fund it.
The specter hanging over Clinton's visit Thursday was the Culinary union, which endorsed Obama on Wednesday. The powerful union of Strip workers, of which both Santana parents are members, cited Obama's walking of picket lines and work as an organizer as an example of doing rather than talking.
Clinton said that rationale sounded more like a case for John Edwards, who "certainly has walked picket lines and has been with them organizing." She said her labor record is as strong as anyone's.
"I've been on picket lines, I've visited picket lines. I've taken coffee to people on picket lines," she said. "But can I just say something? A president has to change the laws so that people have the right to organize and bargain collectively. And a president has to be judged, in my view, on the kind of positive results you can get on behalf of labor," such as the recent increase in the minimum wage.....
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