The Trail Less Traveled

CLEVELAND -- Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., left the Hampton Inn here this morning on a mission for Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign a day before the critical Ohio primary. Engel, who traversed Ohio with Clinton yesterday, will spend the day courting Jewish voters at community centers and schools in the Cleveland area. "People know her. She's got a record on Israel," Engel said. Engel predicted Clinton will win Ohio Tuesday, but said, at odds with most analysts, that she does not need to capture both Ohio and Texas to continue her campaign. "Not at all," he said. A victory in Ohio alone would create the perception that she has halted the momentum Barack Obama built over the last month. "Then, I think she's back," he said.