Two days after his wife's rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama, drew 17,000 people to a rally in Madison, Clinton urged those who vote in Tuesday's Wisconsin primary to consider his wife's experience. The Illinois senator and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are locked in close race.

"It's about whether you should choose the power of speeches over the power of solutions," Clinton told several hundred people at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee. He said his wife has worked in a bipartisan fashion in the Senate on things like securing body armor for soldiers.

If elected, she would work to restore U.S. international relations and diplomacy and improve America's standing in the world, Clinton said. She wants the Iraqi government to take more responsibility for its own country and will focus domestically on creating jobs and universal health care.

Clinton's appeal reinforced Kelly McFadden's support for his wife.

"I think she's the most qualified because she's the most intelligent," the 45-year-old Milwaukee resident said. She predicted Obama's allure would fizzle.

But a number of voters at the Milwaukee rally were undecided.

Barbara Remington left work as a paralegal to hear Clinton speak and said she plans to attend events with Obama and Republican front-runner John McCain. She said she normally sides with Democrats, but is up in the air this time between Clinton, Obama and McCain.

"I sure do like John McCain," said the Greendale resident, who declined to give her age. "I love his grit and what he gave to this country. I think he's a man of great integrity, and I'm conflicted."

Clinton campaigned Thursday morning in Milwaukee and the suburb of Waukesha.

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