Gavel Raps in Denver -- Democrats Open to Laud Obama, Maintain Cohesion

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DENVER - Ailing and aging, Sen. Edward Kennedy issued a ringing summons to fellow Democrats to rally behind Barack Obama's pioneering quest for the White House on Monday night in a poignant opening to a party convention in search of unity for the fall campaign.

"Barack will finally bring the change we need," seconded Obama's wife, Michelle, casting her husband - bidding to become the first black president - as a leader with classic American values.

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Gavel Raps in Denver -- Democrats Open to Laud Obama, Maintain Cohesion

She pledged he would end the war in Iraq, revise a sputtering economy and extend health care to all.

Democrats opened their four-day convention in the shadow of t...

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