HOUSTON — In her first visit to Texas since announcing her presidential candidacy, Sen. Hillary Clinton on Saturday praised hundreds of Houstonians for their help in responding to Hurricane Katrina and said she would lead a more competent government than the Bush Administration if elected.
"We have to have leadership again that asks us to step up and show the world who Americans are and what we can do," said Clinton, who met with mostly female supporters at a breakfast hosted by U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, and then spoke at Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Church.
She acknowledged that the Lone Star state is a Republican stronghold but said, "I love Texas too much to leave it to the other side."
Clinton, who leads her Democratic contenders in polls, praised the diversity of her party's candidates, referring to Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, who is black, and Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, who is Hispanic.
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Sunday, March 18, 2007
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