Former President Bill Clinton spoke at a rally on behalf of his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, this morning at the Italian Community Center in downtown Milwaukee, as presidential candidates and their surrogates planned to fan across the state today, while another snowstorm is approaching.

Clinton also has campaign stops scheduled today in Waukesha, Madison and La Crosse, while Republican challenger Mike Huckabee planned a series of Wisconsin campaign stops in Madison, La Crosse, Wausau and Green Bay.

Huckabee spoke Wednesday night at rally with about 500 people in Pewaukee, where he vowed to continue his pursuit of the GOP nomination.

"I'm staying in it to win it," Huckabee said, adding that if he or Republican frontrunner John McCain fail to acquire enough delegates, "then we'll settle it at the convention like they did it in the old days, and I'll take my chances there like anybody else."

Huckabee also launched a television commercial campaign touting his pro-life stance and his support of a marriage amendment as governor in Arkansas.

Bill Clinton spoke to a rally of about 300 this morning at the ICC, where he touted his wife's plan to create national universal health care. Clinton asked the audience to raise their hands if they knew of anyone who did not have health care insurance, and many raised their hands.

"My point exactly, but you know this question would not even be asked in any other debate in any other wealthy country … not even asked," Clinton said.

McCain won't be in the state on Friday, when he attends the Reagan Day Fish Fry dinner at Serb Hall on Milwaukee's south side. Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson will introduce McCain at the event. McCain also will speak at the Outagamie County Lincoln Day Dinner in Appleton on Monday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m.

Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigned in Texas Tuesday and in Ohio today. She and Democratic frontrunner Sen. Barack Obama are both scheduled to speak at the Wisconsin Democratic Party Founders Day Gala Saturday night at the Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee.

Obama has actors Kal Penn, Brandon Routh fanning out on his behalf today at University of Wisconsin campuses in River Falls, Eau Claire, La Crosse and Madison. Obama will stage a large rally in Milwaukee Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Midwest Airlines Center.

The Wisconsin primary election will take place Tuesday, Feb. 19. For complete coverage of the primary, visit WisPolitics.com, a media partner of SBT.