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Obama faces twin task in wooing Clinton backers (AP)

 
AP - Meet Cindy Lerner and Leeann Ormsbee, the two faces of Barack Obama's struggle to win over Hillary Rodham Clinton's most fervent supporters — a task that could determine whether he becomes president. (link)

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