PHILADELPHIA -- Pennsylvania is the biggest remaining delegate prize in this long Democratic primary battle, and in the final hours before Tuesday's state primary, the candidates made closing arguments, and took parting shots.
As they blitzed through the Keystone State by bus, plane and train, the battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama turned more negative in the hours before the primary.
"While my opponent says one thing, and his campaign does another, you can count on me to tell you where i stand," Sen. Clinton said.
"When I hear Sen. Clinton's campaign say they're going to throw the kitchen sink strategy at us, and they try to manufacture or exploit fake controversies, instead of talking about what is important for the American people, then I'm thinking, 'Well, you learned the wrong lessons from those Republicans who are going after you in the same way,'" Sen. Obama fired back.
Clinton entered the final stretch clinging to a sliver of a lead in most polls in a must-win state.
In Scranton Monday morning, the New York Senator appealed to voters by talking up her family's roots there.
"We can once again have a president who not only knows where northeastern Pennsylvania is, but cares about northeastern Pennsylvania," Clinton said.
Obama, campaigning in the Philadelphia suburbs, looked to the future.
"The reason I decided to get into this race, despite having young kids at home and a wife who can be skeptical about my political work, was that I thought the country was really ready for a different kind of politics," Obama told supporters.
Obama and Clinton wrapped up Primary Eve on each other's turf. Obama ended up in Pittsburgh, where Clinton has had the advantage, and Clinton ended the day with a rally in Philadelphia.
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