Sunday, March 4, 2012

Obama seeks to overcome doubts among women

After Hillary Rodham Clinton lost the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, one of her delegates wanted to send a message. So Mary Beth Pyle wore a Clinton T-shirt to a unity dinner meant to build support for Barack Obama.

Then she pulled it off to reveal an Obama T-shirt underneath _ a symbol of her support for the party's new candidate for president.

"We were there to get over it. We had a sip of wine _ goodbye, Hillary _ and another sip _ hello, Obama," said Pyle, chairwoman of the Democratic Party in Mesa County, Colo.

But many of Clinton's supporters aren't so willing to embrace Obama, at least not yet. Independents and …

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