LOGAN, W.Va. — Signaling he has written off today's West Virginia primary, Sen. Barack Obama is aiming this week at the five remaining Democratic contests — and the fall election, with a stop in suburban Detroit, home to many "Reagan Democrats" a generation ago.

Obama spent little time yesterday in West Virginia. He gave a speech about his ideas to help veterans, took a swipe at presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain for not doing enough to help, dropped into a pool hall and then left the state.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is heavily favored to win, spent a long day of campaigning in West Virginia, including a stop in Logan, where she argued that she is more electable than Obama.

"West Virginia is a real indicator of where the political winds are going to blow," she told a cheering crowd. "The goal is to nominate someone who can beat John McCain in November."

Clinton stressed her economic plan, including her proposals to improve access to affordable healthcare and to suspend the 18.4-cent-per-gallon federal gas tax over the summer.

McCain supports the tax moratorium; Obama has dismissed it as a gimmick.

But Clinton attacked Bush administration policies more than she did Obama, seemingly mindful of Democratic concerns that the candidates not inflict so much damage on each other.

Obama and Clinton planned to step off the trail today for a Senate vote on a bill to recognize collective-bargaining rights for public safety workers, an important issue for labor.