Metro Detroit (WWJ) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama will spend Wednesday in Michigan, looking to court voters and superdelegates, as he tries to nail down the Democratic Presidential nomination.
Obama\'s visit comes one day after New York Senator Hillary Clinton claimed an expected victory in West Virginia, though she still trails in delegates.
He plans to visit the Sterling Stamping Plant on Van Dyke and Macomb Community College\'s Warren campus. Obama will try to close what is perceived as a blue-collar gap, with critics suggesting he doesn\'t understand the plight of the auto worker.
One Chrysler worker told WWJ\'s Ron Dewey, "He speaks above everybody. It seems like he meshes more with Wall Street than Main Street."
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe told The Associated Press in a phone call Tuesday discussing Obama\'s upcoming visit. "John McCain wants to offer the Bush economy for the next four years. We can either continue the George Bush economic policies or we can try something different.\'\'
Saul Anuzis, chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, echoed sentiments that Obama doesn\'t understand the middle-class auto worker. "Michigan will be a state worth fighting for. If Barack Obama is the nominee, he\'s got a lot of questions to answer. He came into Michigan and bashed the domestic auto industry, he came in and talked about raising CAFE standards and talked about the fact that we were producing too many SUVs and trucks, and that\'s what General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford\'s most profitable lines they have."
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