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Clinton: Bush 'weakened our nation'

Clinton looks to cut U.S. murder rate

By S.A. Miller
April 12, 2008

Associated Press Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, speaking to reporters, pushed his Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act in Indianapolis. The legislation would give shareholders a nonbinding vote on CEOs compensation packages.

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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday courted urban voters with a call to cut the nation's murder rate in half with a $4 billion-a-year crime-fighting plan she announced in her rival's stronghold of Philadelphia.

The New York Democratic presidential aspirant said the price tag for hiring 100,000 new police officers, setting up re-entry programs for convicts and cracking down on the methamphetamine scourge pales in comparison to the cost of the Iraq war and would be paid for by nixing some corporate subsidies.

"It is a sad day in America when the president can find hundreds of billions of dollars to police another country's civil war, but cuts funding for police officers right here at home," said Mrs. Clinton.

In Indiana, Sen. Barack Obama — the front-runner in the race for the party's nomination that has increasingly taken a populist turn — assailed hefty pay for corporate bosses and touted his proposed legislation that would give shareholders nonbinding votes on executives' compensation packages.

"This isn't just about expressing outrage," said Mr. Obama, campaigning ahead of the state's May 6 primary.

"It's about changing a system where bad behavior is rewarded — so that we can hold CEOs accountable, and make sure they're acting in a way that's good for their company, good for our economy and good for America not just good for themselves."

Mrs. Clinton's campaign stop in Philadelphia, which had 392 reported homicides last year, answered calls from city Democratic leaders who want the presidential candidates to address issues of guns, gangs and prison reform — topics taking a back seat to the war and economic woes.

The event also staked a challenge to Mr. Obama's lock on urban voters in Pennsylvania, where Mrs. Clinton needs a decisive win in the state's April 22 primary to help her stay in the race.

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