RunInRed 16,492 Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 The fight is on....regardless what you believe, I think most would agree in a choice of Obama vs. Clinton -------------------------------------------------- Presidential candidate Barack Obama has won the support of the 60,000-member Culinary Workers Union in Nevada, a major coup for the Democrat that could boost his candidacy against Hillary Rodham Clinton in the party's major nominating contest. Leaders of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226 was to announce the endorsement at a news conference in Las Vegas Wednesday, the morning after Obama narrowly lost the New Hampshire primary to Clinton, said a Democrat close to the union. The move gives Obama a major advantage in Nevada, where Clinton has long enjoyed solid support from the Democratic establishment and a hefty lead in the polls. Obama has sought support outside the pool of regular activists. The culinary union, representing hotel, restaurant and laundry workers in Nevada’s casino industry, is the largest and best organized labor group in the state. It has the ability to steer thousands of voters to the state’s Jan. 19 caucus and turn an already competitive three-way scramble for supporters into an all-out ground-level frenzy. Obama also picked up the endorsement of the Nevada chapter of the Service Employees International Union, which voted to endorse him Tuesday. The Culinary Workers Union’s decision is a blow to former Sen. John Edwards, who finished third in New Hampshire and is struggling to prevent a two-person race between Obama and Clinton. Edwards had attempted to position himself as the labor candidate in a state where nearly two-thirds of Democratic voters are union members, according to exit polls. – The Associated Press ------------------------------------------------- The Obama campaign also released the following financial data on their website: "In the 4th Quarter of 2007, our campaign raised $23.5 million – over $22.5 million of which is for the primary election. In that quarter, we added 111,000 new donors for a total of 475,000 donors in 2007. In the first 8 days of 2008, we raised over $8 million and gained 35,000 new donors. Since midnight last night, we have raised another $500,000 online. We continue to build a grassroots movement that makes us best-positioned to compete financially in the primaries and caucuses coming up." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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