Obama, Biden get on campaign trail

BEAVER, Pa., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and his running mate, Joseph Biden, kicked off their campaign in a rust-belt Pennsylvania town.

The two U.S. senators addressed a rally Friday night in Beaver in western Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. The event was the first in their "Road to Change" tour.

Obama hammered away at John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee.

"John McCain just does not get what ordinary people here in Beaver,

Pa., are going through," he said. "Here's a guy who said we've made great

economic progress under President Bush. I don't think we've made great progress."

Pennsylvania is considered a swing state. Hillary Clinton did well there during the Democratic primaries, and analysts say Obama could have a hard time winning over older white voters.

Debbie Lawson of McCandless, who has a son about to be deployed to Iraq, said she likes Obama's pledge to pull combat troops out.

"I liked everything he said, but especially liked the way he said it," she said.