Unions are coming out w/their endorsements... any for Obama?

Sapphire Blue

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Mon Sep-03-07 06:36 PM
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Unions are coming out w/their endorsements... any for Obama?

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zulchzulu

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Mon Sep-03-07 06:41 PM
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1. An interesting article about that very subject

http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=670

"He appears to be in the running for AFSCME , SEIU and the Teamsters."

Witha 96% lifetime rating with the AFL-CIO, he's bound to get some. Do remember that Dick Gephardt got the Lion's Share of union endorsements in 2004 and dropped out of the race in Iowa on caucus eve.

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ProudToBeLiberal

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Mon Sep-03-07 08:02 PM
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5. Here's an updated version from OpenLeft (Chris Blowers)

Edited on Mon Sep-03-07 08:10 PM by ProudToBeLiberal

http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1129

SEIU, 1.8 million members: Probably Edwards, Obama or no one.

AFSCME, 1.5 million members: Could be any of the top three

Teamsters, 1.4 million members: Could be any of the top three

American Federation of Teachers, 830,000 members: Probably Clinton

UNITE-HERE: 450,000 members: Probably Edwards

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Colobo

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Mon Sep-03-07 08:16 PM
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7. Good info.

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wyldwolf

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Mon Sep-03-07 07:04 PM
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2. Winning the presidency seems to be the goal of the unions that have already endorsed...

http://www.democrats.com/node/14196

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Sapphire Blue

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Mon Sep-03-07 07:46 PM
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3. From your link: "Democrats John Edwards and Dennis Kucinich should be racking up union endorsements"

Edited on Mon Sep-03-07 07:48 PM by Sapphire Blue

John Edwards has been endorsed by the Steelworkers, Mineworkers, and Carpenters unions thus far. It seems that these unions believe he can win!

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Colobo

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Mon Sep-03-07 07:48 PM
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4. Yeah. Dodd is a winner indeed.

And nope, Obama hasn't got any union endorsements yet, but he probably will.

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zulchzulu

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Mon Sep-03-07 09:07 PM
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8. We can thank President Gephardt for proving that the most union endorsements makes you win

All hail President Gephardt!

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Colobo

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Mon Sep-03-07 09:15 PM
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9. LOL!

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Imagevision

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Mon Sep-03-07 08:14 PM
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6. Obama was so right on when he labeled Hillary as "Bushlite" - to a T

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