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Obama campaign struggles to win over Catholics

COLUMBUS, Ind. - Barack Obama was waiting in the wings when the priest began to bless his rally last week in this conservative, middle-class Indiana town.

"God of power and light open our hearts and minds to the needs of people all over the world," intoned the Rev. Clement Davis as 2,500 heads bowed reverentially in the local high school gym.

Davis said he had come at the request of...

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