Polls Show Obama Closing in on Clinton

[RedEarth]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband visited predominantly black churches Sunday, hoping to ease resentment among a core constituency group that felt her campaign disparaged the achievements of presidential rival Barack Obama.

Obama, meanwhile, sent Oprah Winfrey to California to campaign for him as polls indicated he has narrowed Clinton's lead among Democrats nationwide as well as in that state. The Illinois senator said Clinton is a polarizing figure, which makes him the better nominee in the fall.

Obama's campaign said he would air a TV ad during the Super Bowl, an expensive time slot, in two dozen states with primaries this month.

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