TULSA Okla.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton told hundreds of supporters Saturday that she’s not sure that she can win over politically conservative Oklahoma in the 2008 election.
“I don’t know whether we can carry Oklahoma or not, but we’re going to give it a try,” she said at a fundraiser at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame housed in the old Tulsa Union Depot.
“After today, I’m on the way,” she said.
Clinton praised a program launched this year by Tulsa Community College that gives high school graduates in Tulsa County free tuition if they enroll directly after high school graduation. Clinton said she would like to expand the concept nationally.
“When it comes to education, I want to make college affordable,” she said. “But I want parents to give their children the right values and discipline so the children will do well in school.”
Clinton, whose flight from Houston was more than an hour late, spoke for about 30 minutes but hung around afterward to sign autographs and talk with people. She then rushed off to fly to Los Angeles for another fundraiser.
