At Hillary Clinton's event at Cleveland State University Sunday night, I ran into a lot of New Yorkers. New York high school honor students who gain community service hours by traveling to Ohio to help the Clinton campaign get out the vote. Another group of at least a dozen New Yorkers thrilled to see their US Representative, Anthony Weiner who is campaigning for Clinton, after this political rally also helped to fill the bleachers.

This New York group of supporters all wore hats that read 'Hillary for Clean Coal.' They said they received the hats from a local group in Ohio. Regardless, 'clean' coal is not something Clinton mentions on the campaign trail too often. It rarely comes up when she talks about the 'green jobs' she plans on creating. But In Ohio, two 'clean coal' plants are a very near reality. Two are slated to be built but legal challenges are slowing the process.

Barack Obama also says he supports 'clean coal'. Like Clinton, Obama has said in the past that coal must be part of the energy mix. He said it again at a campaign stop Sunday Tribune reports. Near Ohio's border with West Virginia in Appalachia, Obama told the crowd the US is the Saudi Arabia of coal and must be utilized.