HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Her presidential bid needs a miracle, so Hillary Rodham Clinton prayed for one Sunday in church. Arriving amid thunderstorms, Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, took seats in the second row of First United Methodist Church and listened to a sermon about Mother's Day. "Give us eyes to see the miracles around us," Dr. Paul Russell said, leading the worshippers in prayer. Hillary Clinton read along with the congregation. Mother's Day was Clinton's theme Sunday as she sought to remind Democrats of her strong support among women while campaigning for the big win in West Virginia's presidential primary on Tuesday that she hopes will keep her campaign afloat. She planned an afternoon visit to the home of Anna Jarvis, who is credited with founding the holiday 100 years ago. Even a dramatic primary win won't make much of a dent in Barack Obama's lead in the delegates needed to claim the Democratic presidential nomination, but Clinton is trying to highlight her support among women, blue-collar white voters, and older voters. Those demographics make West Virginia friendly territory. Overall, her campaign has remained alive largely because of her 60 percent to 36 percent edge over Obama among white women voters in the primaries to date. But among college-educated white women _ the demographic of many feminists and of Clinton herself _ her edge is much smaller, 54 percent to 43 percent, according to exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks. Obama has an all but insurmountable lead in pledged delegates and on Saturday erased Clinton's once-commanding advantage among superdelegates, the elected Democrats and party leaders who will play a role in determining which one of them becomes the nominee. Obama, who has turned his attention to likely Republican rival John McCain, was spending holiday off the campaign trail at home in Chicago.
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