EAST CHICAGO | Presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has delayed her third visit to Northwest Indiana by a day or two.
An official release from the Clinton campaign said the event, originally scheduled for Thursday, has been moved until either Friday or Saturday. It did not name a time or location.
East Chicago spokesman Damian Rico said the appearance is tentatively set for Friday afternoon at Central High School, but the exact details still were being worked out.
It will be Clinton's third visit to Northwest Indiana since March 28 leading up to the state's May 6 primary election. She made national headlines when she was photographed at Bronko's restaurant in Crown Point having a shot of whiskey and a beer two weeks ago.
But pundits have said today's election in Pennsylvania could decide the fate of Clinton's campaign.
Though she is favored to win the state, it would be virtually impossible for her to win enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination in Denver this August if she loses, they say.
"If (Obama) ... wins Pennsylvania, I think we can pack it up," said Gary Mayor Rudy Clay, an Obama supporter.
Democratic Party rules say one of the candidates needs 2,025 delegates to win the party's nomination.
Vote tallies vary between news organizations, but The Associated Press projects that Obama has a 140-delegate lead. Pennsylvania has 158 delegates.
On May 6, voters in Indiana will decide how to allocate the state's 72 delegates, and those in North Carolina will choose how to divvy up their 115.
