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Kennedy invoked the memory of his slain brothers as he urged support for Obama, saying the senator "could call us to our highest ideals."
Bill Clinton put in a full schedule on his wife's behalf, appearing at two church services and at Leisure World, a senior center that is home to about 8,500 people and has its own voting precinct, one of the most active in Maryland.
At both Temple of Praise and Greater Mount Nebo AME Church in Bowie, he made tempered, conciliatory remarks about Obama, and his tone was met with applause by black audiences. Clinton's critical statements about Obama in New Hampshire and South Carolina last month rankled some in the black community.
Ethel Sligh of Upper Marlboro said she suspects that most church members are Obama supporters. But seeing Clinton "was awesome, just awesome," she said.
"He didn't come pressuring," said Sligh, an executive assistant with the federal Veterans Health Administration. "It does leave you with something to think about."
Staff writers Lori Aratani, Hamil R. Harris, Nelson Hernandez, Jerry Markon, Lisa Rein, Miranda S. Spivack and Ovetta Wiggins, polling director Jon Cohen and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
