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Written by Leigh Ann Caldwell   
Friday, 08 February 2008 10:00
February 8 - Feature
produced by Leigh Ann Caldwell
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Saturday, Louisiana is one of three states and the Virgin Islands that heads to the polls. Residents are still trying to rebuild after Katrina hit more than two years ago.

Radio Rootz youth in the Gulf Coast interviewed some of the residents about what they expect out of this year's candidates.

Courting these voters, Barack Obama, spent part of Thursday at Tulane University where he unveiled his plan for the recovering city.

"A tale of two cities. Yes parts of New Orleans are coming back to life. But we also know that over 25,000 families are still living in small trailers, that homes still sit empty and condemned that schools, hospitals and firehouses and police stations remain shuttered."

Katrina rebuilding Hillary Clinton unveiled her plan last May. Both have similar objectives - restore the levees, rebuild the schools and hospitals, provide more low income housing. Obama's ideas are more specific. He'd fund the levy program by eliminating government waste and reduce the number of federal contractors.

Hillary Clinton will not be traveling to the Louisiana before Saturday. Her husband Bill plans to be there today.

 

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