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February 27, 2008

Kennedy Townsend visits R.I. to rally 'Women for Hillary'

Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and other women from around the state are meeting today as “Rhode Island Women for Hillary,” a group that aims to organize women supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s bid for the White House.

Also involved are Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Paiva Weed, former Senate Republican leader Lila Sapinsley and Suzanne Magaziner, a Bristol resident.

The women are meeting today at 1:30 p.m. at the 3 Steeple Street restaurant.

Last week, Sen. Barack Obama's wife, Michelle Obama, visited Rhode Island to rally women and encourage support for her husband's candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Last Wednesday, Mrs. Obama spoke to about 150 professional and politically active women at an invitation-only rally for Rhode Island Women for Obama at the Providence Biltmore. She later spoke before an estimated 2,200 people at a rally for her husband’s campaign at the Community College of Rhode Island’s Warwick campus.

Some of Kennedy Townsend's relatives, including her uncle Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, and cousins U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, and Caroline Kennedy have thrown their support behind Obama.

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