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June 27, 2008

Obama and Clinton Hold Unity Rally 
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Democratic senators try to unite supporters in first joint campaign
appearance since Clinton suspended her presidential bid earlier this
month 
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. and Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., wave prior to boarding plane at
Washington's Reagan National Airport, 27 Jun 2008The northern U.S. state
of New Hampshire town of Unity is the symbolic backdrop for Friday's
first joint campaign appearance of U.S. Democrats Barack Obama and
Hillary Clinton.The senators have been working to unite their supporters
since Clinton suspended her presidential campaign at the end of a long
and bruising primary battle. Both Clinton and Obama received exactly 107
ballots in the town's January primary.Also Friday, Republican candidate
John McCain holds a town-hall style meeting with workers at a General
Motors factory in Ohio. He has been trying to distinguish his economic
policies from those of fellow Republican, U.S. President George Bush, as
the U.S. economy continues through rough times.A new poll indicates
Obama leads McCain in four key states.The poll, conducted by Quinnipiac
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 University finds Obama slightly ahead in Colorado and Michigan, while
scoring a double-digit lead in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Both Obama and
McCain will address a conference of Latino officials in Washington on
Saturday, in a bid to broaden their appeal among an important voting
bloc.On Thursday, Clinton and her top donors met with Obama in
Washington, offering him their support for the general election. In
turn, Obama pledged to enlist his supporters to help Clinton pay off her
massive campaign debt.

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