Politics | Wisconsin primary Clinton, Obama Home In on Wisc. Primary shapes up as test of momentum By Kevin Spak Posted Feb 18, 2008 4:06 PM CST Copied Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., makes remarks at the Wisconsin Democratic Party Dinner Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, in Milwaukee, Wis. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) (Associated Press) Tomorrow's primary in Wisconsin won’t decide the Democratic nomination, but Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are fighting tooth and nail anyway, Politico reports, airing their first negative ads of the campaign and taking shots at each other through aides. At stake is momentum: Obama doesn’t want to break his winning streak, and Clinton wants to prevent another Potomac-level blowout. Obama supporters were particularly incensed by a Clinton mailer characterizing Obama’s health care plan as “unscrupulous demagoguery.” Obama supporter Ted Kennedy called the pamphlet “the kind of distortion we had back in 1994,” when Clinton was mounting her first health reform plan. Hawaii also holds a primary tomorrow; Obama is expected to dominate in the state where he grew up. Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Iran's supreme leader makes first public comments since ceasefire. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Report an error