Former President Bill Clinton Speaks at Oregon's Roseburg High School

ROSEBURG, Oregon, May 18 - The outlook for Hillary Clinton is not looking good, but she continues her campaign, trying to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Oregon voters vote by mail, and Oregon's presidential primary is Tuesday, May 20th. Because Oregon is so late in the primary, more people are anticipating Oregon's democratic primary results. Because the Democratic race is so close, both candidates are still strongly campaigning. Both Senator Hillary Clinton and her husband former president Bill Clinton have been holding several speaking engagements all over Oregon. I was lucky enough to be able to attend Former President Bill Clinton's event at Roseburg High School.

Clinton Started out by telling everyone how important Oregon is going to be in the outcome of this primary election. He pointed out that the primary election is not over yet, and that the Democratic nomination had not yet been chosen, that everyone needed to make sure to vote regardless of who is leading the race. I think this is very important because many people believe that Obama will win the Democratic nomination so they aren't bothering to vote in the primary. It is a very close race, and the decision will most likely come down to the super delegates votes.

Clinton spoke about many of his wife's plans if she makes it into office. Hillary Clinton plans to end the controversial No Child Left Behind Act, she wants to make the United States independent from foreign oil and she wants to focus on an energy policy that creates more jobs. Clinton also talked about issues that are unique to Oregon such as Hillary Clinton's opposition to a energy bill that takes the power away from the state when dealing with liquefied natural gas terminals and pipelines.

A very important issue for many votes is the war in Iraq. Bill Clinton explained that Hillary Clinton plans on ending the war. She also feels that it is important to make sure all the injured soldiers get taken care of. When Clinton explained that his wife wanted to end the war, it was met with a huge applause. I think most Americans agree that to many of our solders are dying in Iraq. I know that everyone I talked to at the event said that the Iraq war was one of the most important issues for them. The voters that I talked to said that the war was the deciding factor in the vote for them, they wanted to make sure that whichever candidate gets elected to president that they will be making the choices necessary to end the war.

Although there are still many Clinton supporters, there was an obvious sadness in the air about Obama leading the campaign. Many people said that they will support Clinton as long as she is running, but some people said they feel like this is dragging out the Democratic nomination and that the outcome is already obvious. One college student that I talked to said that she will support Clinton until the end, but if Obama ends up taking the Democratic nomination she will vote for him even though she prefers Clinton.

I think this is a very interesting and important election year. The close Democratic race for the nomination is getting a lot of people involved that would not normally care. The two choices for the Democratic nomination are both very unique and will bring very different things to the presidential race. I think it's very exciting that this year is such a huge history making presidential race. Remember everyone needs to vote!