Apr 30, 2008 5:43 pm US/Central
Caroline Kennedy Continues To Back Obama
Famous Supporter Made Public Show Of Sticking With Obama Even After Rev. Wright Scandal
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
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Caroline Kennedy spoke at an Obama rally April 30 in Hammond, Ind., less than a week before that state's Democratic primary.
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Barack Obama's efforts to bounce back from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy has some of his high-profile supporters speaking out.
CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports Caroline Kennedy still feels the same about the candidate from Chicago.
Kennedy greeted a union hall in Hammond, Ind., packed with Obama supporters. She was met with a standing ovation.
"I do believe this is the most important election since I was a child," she told the crowd.
Kennedy, the daughter of the country's most famous president, John F. Kennedy, quickly drew a connection between her father and the Illinois senator who hopes to be the next president.
"There's one candidate who speaks to the kind of patriotism and the sense of hope and fairness and brining people together and that's Barack Obama," Kennedy said.
There was no talk at the podium of the one person who might hamper the candidate's chances of winning the democratic primary.
When asked if Wright would hurt Obama's campaign, despite the candidate's denouncing his former pastor, Kennedy's only response was, "I think he's going to win."
Obama had much more to say in Indianapolis where he spoke to a small group of working-class families.
"What he said over the last few days and in some sermons that I have been excerpted were unacceptable," he said.
Obama's response was still unacceptable to some Indiana voters.
"I think it's going to cost him the election," said one.
"Wright finally came out and he's showing Barack's true colors," another said.
Those are the kind of responses that brought tears to some Obama supporters.
Korean War veteran John Kirkland vows to work even harder to convince Indiana voters that Obama is the best candidate to bring peace to the world.
"Jimmy Carter made the point on television – the whole world is watching this election and Obama can connect," Kirkland said.
Voters in Indiana go the polls on Tuesday.
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