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From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

(DENVER) Oprah Winfrey, arguably Barack Obama’s most famous supporter, was on hand last night to celebrate her friend’s big night. Watching the speech from a sky box at Invesco Field, Winfrey was seen hugging friends and smiling during the acceptance speech. “I’ve never experienced anything like that,” she later said, “I think it was anything anyone could ever expect.”

Winfrey said she “googled” the Martin Luther King, “I Have A Dream” speech yesterday morning, and re-read portions of it. “He talks about the promise of democracy,” she said, “And I think today that promise was fulfilled in a way that I never imagined.”

Winfrey was visibly moved by Obama’s speech, calling it “transcendent” and “transformational,” but she expressed concern that voters may not feel the same. “I only pray in the deepest part of my being that America will rise to this moment.”

She added that Obama’s presidential race and quick rise in the Democratic Party is “the most powerful thing I’ve ever experienced.”

Despite being the “Queen of Talk,” Winfrey had to wrap her short conversation with reporters because the Secret Service threatened to lock in her motorcade if she did not leave.

From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

Washington- Thousands of Hillary Clinton supporters braved the 90 degree temperature to make their way into the auditorium where Clinton will officially suspend her 17 month bid for the White House.

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From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

MIDDLETOWN, CONN. -- Barack Obama delivered the commencement address at Wesleyan University today, in place of Sen. Ted Kennedy. Kennedy asked Obama to speak in his place after he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor last Tuesday. His stepdaughter, Caroline Raclin, the daughter of his wife Victoria, was in the graduating class.

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From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA -- After a disappointing second-place finish to Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney did his best to put on a happy face and look forward at his post-caucus party here. Romney took the stage after being introduced by Olympic gold medal speed skater Dan Jansen.

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From CBS News' Aaron Lewis:

DUBUQUE, IOWA -- John Edwards is laying out his vision for America’s future by taking a peek at the past.

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From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

MASON CITY, IOWA -- Two days of rest seem to have done wonders for Barack Obama’s confidence level. At his first stop in Mason City, Obama delivered a fresh version of his stump speech and he didn’t shy away from going after opponents.

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From CBS News' Correspondent Bill Whitaker, who's covering the Romney campaign:

LONDONDERRY, N.H. -- Before former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney arrived at his first campaign stop at Insight Technology, a maker of high-tech military laser and imaging systems, a young woman went around the room, hurriedly handing out leaflets to the 150 or so employees gathered to hear Romney speak.

The leaflet entitled, "Questions for Presidential Candidates," had a half dozen questions, most of them critical of the Iraq war and U.S. nuclear policies. A few minutes later another woman, who identified herself as an Insight employee, came around and with a stern voice, asked the assembled workers to give her the leaflets.

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From CBS News' Ryan Corsaro:

While Giuliani was fundraising at private events in Texas today, his campaign is planning a sort of re-launch to boost the mayor’s numbers.

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From CBS News' Aaron Lewis:

DES MOINES, IOWA -- If there was ever any doubt as to whether John Edwards has shifted from "angry" mode to "sunny" mode, look at excerpts from a speech he's expected to deliver today in Des Moines to kick off his 8-day bus tour through Iowa.

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