Tension is escalating between Senator Clinton and Senator Obama. On Tuesday a last debate was held in Ohio before the four states vote next week : Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont.
- the economy and NAFTA : particularly of interest to the voters of the industrial state of Ohio, which has suffered severely from the economic recession and from the increased competition and subsequent job losses partly (?) due to the trade agreements with Canada and Mexico signed during Bill Clinton's presidency.
- healthcare
- the war in Irak
- foreign policy (Kosovo, Russia and Putin's successor)