Feb 2, 2008 7:05 pm US/Pacific
Superstars To Stump In L.A. Before Super Tuesday
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and talk show host Oprah Winfrey wave from the stage at a campaign event Dec. 9, 2007 in Columbia, S.C.
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Forget the Super Bowl. Sunday will feature superstar stumping in California for both Democratic presidential candidates.
Oprah Winfrey will headline a rally in Los Angeles for Barack Obama, providing a big-time publicity boost for the Illinois senator in the nation's most delegate-rich state.
Across town, former President Bill Clinton will compete for the spotlight and try to draw attention to his wife's campaign, delivering messages to black congregations in South Los Angeles.
Winfrey will campaign with Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, during a get-out-the-vote rally at the 13,000-seat Pauley Pavilion at the University of California, Los Angeles. They will be joined by Obama's wife, Michelle.
The 1:30 p.m. rally, less than two hours before the Super Bowl kickoff, could help Obama win over women voters in advance of Tuesday's presidential primary, when 370 Democratic delegates in California are at stake.
It will be Winfrey's first campaign appearance for Obama since she held rallies for him in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina in December. Obama won in Iowa and South Carolina.
Bill Clinton will begin a tour of black churches early Sunday, according to the Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign.
The effort could help smooth over perceptions that the former president injected race into last month's Democratic primary in South Carolina. Obama routed Hillary Clinton by a 2-to-1 ratio after the contest became racially charged.
Luis Vizcaino, a spokesman for the Clinton campaign in California, said the former president's Sunday church tour was unrelated to events in South Carolina.
"President Clinton is extremely popular in the state with Latinos and African-Americans. He's been going to churches for years, and he will continue to go to the African-American community," Vizcaino said. "We're two or three days out before the election, and we're reaching out to as many communities as possible."
Hillary Clinton will be in Missouri and Minnesota on Sunday. Obama will be in Delaware and Chicago.
On the Republican side, Sen. John McCain will hold a rally in Connecticut before traveling to Massachusetts, where his rival, Mitt Romney, was once governor. He'll campaign there Monday morning, while Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to campaign for him in Los Angeles.
Romney will stump in Illinois and Missouri on Sunday.
In all, Republicans hold 15 primaries, five caucuses and one state convention on Tuesday, selecting 1,023 delegates.
Democrats hold primaries in 15 states and caucuses in seven states and American Samoa, with 1,681 delegates at stake.
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