Obama camp woos working women voters with family relief plan

Source: Xinhua | 08-27-2008 09:44

DENVER, the United States, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign wooed women voters on Tuesday by promising economic relief policies for working women at the Democratic National Convention here.

"Working women are struggling," Obama's wife Michelle Obama told a roundtable meeting with working women across the country. "They are asked to shoulder an enormous burden, but they are not given enough resources."

Citing Obama's mum, who had to give up college to raise children alone, and vice president candidate Joe Biden, who had been taking care of his two sons for five years after his ex-wife was killed in a car accident, Michelle underscored that the two candidates understand challenges facing the U.S. working women.

"As president and vice president, Barack and Joe will change Washington, so that instead of just talking about family values, we actually have policies that value families," she said.

Michelle referred to the "Obama--Biden Plan to Support Working Women and Families," a program released on Tuesday that outlines practical ways "to lighten the load that working women carry everyday."