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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Marc Washington: [QB] [b]Oprah Winfrey rallies voters for Barack Obama, February 05, 2008 Article from: Herald Sun, Stefanie Balogh [IMG]http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5873325,00.jpg[/IMG] Down, but not out: Singer Stevie Wonder is helped by Michelle Obama after taking a tumble[/b]. Picture: AFP STAR supporters have rallied to Barack Obama's SOS just hours before tomorrow's crucial Super Tuesday clash - with Oprah Winfrey again heading the charge to woo the female vote away from Hillary Clinton. Senator Obama, locked in a tooth-and-nail battle against Senator Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, is trying hard to deliver what women want to help him cross the finish line. At a packed Obama rally in Los Angeles, Winfrey addressed a backlash from some of her female viewers, who have accused her of being a traitor to the sisterhood because she was supporting a man over a woman for US president. "I was both surprised by that comment and insulted, because I've been a woman my whole life and every part of me believes in the empowerment of women but the truth is I'm a free woman," the world famous television talk show host said. "And being free means you get to think for yourself." Winfrey said she was not a traitor to her gender but following her own truth that had led her to Senator Obama. "I will never vote for anyone based on gender or race," she said. "I'm voting for Barack Obama not because he's black, I'm voting for Barack Obama because he is brilliant." On Super Tuesday - tomorrow Australian time - Democrats in 24 states vote in nominating contests including the delegate-rich states of California, New Jersey and New York. But the biggest day of simultaneous primaries and caucuses in US presidential history is not expected to break the deadlock between senators Obama and Clinton. On the Republican side, John McCain, a Vietnam War hero, is on track to stitch up his party's presidential nomination and defeat millionaire Mormon businessman Mitt Romney when 21 Republican states vote on Super Tuesday. Senators Obama and Clinton are in a dead-heat for tomorrow's primaries and their battle for the nomination is expected to go on for weeks. Senator Obama yesterday recalled the megawatt star power of Winfrey to his campaign, after the success of her lobbying helped him win Iowa. Senator Obama enjoys strong support among African-Americans, well-educated voters and the young. Winfrey was joined by the influential presence of Stevie Wonder, Maria Shriver and Caroline Kennedy, the only surviving child of slain US president John F. Kennedy. Ms Shriver is another member of the powerful Kennedy Democrat clan and wife of Republican Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger. She made a surprise appearance to endorse Senator Obama just days after her husband endorsed Senator McCain in the Republican nomination race. California's first lady said of Senator Obama: "He is about empowering women, African-Americans, Latinos, older people, young people. He is about empowering all of us." Singer Stevie Wonder made a mark in more ways than one. He stumbled and fell while ascending the stairs to the stage hand-in-hand with Senator Obama's wife, Michelle. After he sung a ditty to the next big thing in American politics, he made a quip about his detour. "By the way, I was so busy looking at the first lady that I lost my way," Wonder said. And today (Australian time) the surviving members of the Grateful Dead will reunite for the first time in four years to rally support for Senator Obama at a concert in San Francisco. Electioneering briefly went on the back burner yesterday as Senator Clinton and her White House rivals settled in to watch the Super Bowl. A jubilant Senator Clinton forecast a pay-off for her nail-biting White House race after the New York Giants grabbed the Super Bowl in a thrilling climax to the American football season. "What an incredible ending," the New York senator said in a bar in Minnesota after watching the Giants come from behind to vanquish the previously unbeaten New England Patriots 17-14 in what is traditionally America's most popular television spectacle. "Super Bowl, Super Tuesday . . . we've got one down, let's get the other one!" Senator Clinton said as she jumped in the air and high-fived a group of children. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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