Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, landed in Indiana Monday and picked up where she left off yesterday - hammering Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., hard on the gas tax.

"I think it's a false choice as my opponent and others have been trying to say. 'Oh we can't do anything in the short run to help people - we can only worry (about) the long run.' People live in the short run. People get up every day and have to go fill up their tanks."

Clinton wanted the people of Merrillville, IN to know that she understands the value of the dollar. Speaking about her plan to have the oil companies pay the gas tax this summer Clinton said, "My opponent Senator Obama, he disagrees with me. He wants you to pay it. Not the oil companies. And he's always going on TV, and he's always saying 'oh you know that's just like $20 dollars.' Well you know for a lot people $20 dollars is something right? $20 dollars means something."

Clinton pointed out the importance of the race tomorrow in a larger context - but the outcome in Indiana is equally critical for the survival of her campaign. "Tomorrow is consequential. Every election is important. But this one holds special significance. Because after what we have been through these last seven years - we know we've got to get a hold of our country."

Concluding her remarks, Clinton pointed to a sign she had seen in the audience and said, "I do see you, and I do hear you. I do believe that you're doing the best you can under difficult circumstances and were going to get in there and we're going to reverse these circumstances but in the meantime lets provide a little help along the way. So you feel like you've got some leadership again."