Clinton joins Obama as a speaker at North Dakota party convention

April 1, 2008 at 2:26PM

And now both Democratic presidential candidates will be in Grand Forks on the same day speaking to their party faithful.

The North Dakota state party announced that Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak at 8 p.m. Friday as a part its state convention.

Clinton joins her rival, Barack Obama, whose speech is scheduled for 5:30 the same evening.

Jamie Selzler, Democratic-NPL executive director, said, "Having two Democratic presidential candidates attend our state convention is historic."

The convention starts Friday and ends Sunday afternoon. For more information on the convention, including how to obtain tickets, visit www.demnpl.com.

--PAUL WALSH

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