Clinton called frontrunner among black wing of party in Alabama

[Alamom]

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Clinton called frontrunner among black wing of party in Alabama
By Phillip Rawls - Associated Press
10/08/07

The Alabama Democratic Conference, the black wing of the state Democratic Party, may bypass Sen. Barack Obama and give its endorsement to Sen. Hillary Clinton on Saturday.
"I'd say she's the front-runner," Chairman Joe Reed said in an interview Monday.

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ADC's rules may help determine who gets the endorsement Saturday. The statewide organization only gives endorsements to candidates who ask for it in person. All Democratic presidential candidates have been invited to the meeting this weekend, but only Clinton has accepted so far, Reed said Monday.

The Alabama New South Coalition, another predominantly black political organization with statewide influence, will meet Dec. 1 in Montgomery to make its endorsement. One of the group's founders, state Sen. Hank Sanders, D-Selma, said last week it's too early to say who might get the nod, but Obama and Clinton are the two candidates talked about most often by members.

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The Rev. Johnnie Davis of Prattville, ADC's Autauga County chairman, said he supports Clinton because of her views on health care and the war in Iraq, and she has a lot of support with the ADC.

"I think she'll receive our endorsement," he said Monday.

Reed, associate executive secretary of the Alabama Education Association, said AEA's polling among likely Democratic voters in Alabama shows Clinton growing in popularity while Obama has remained relatively flat.






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Monday, October 8, 2007 - 2:02 PM
Clinton coming to Alabama
Birmingham Business Journal - by Cindy Crawford Staff

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak at the Alabama Democratic Conference in Montgomery Saturday.

The organization, which is known as one of the nation's oldest and most powerful black Democratic groups, also plans this weekend to endorse a candidate to support in the race for president in 2008.

All Democratic candidates have been invited and Clinton, a Democratic Senator from New York, has agreed to be the keynote speaker, said Joe Reed, chairman of the Alabama Democratic Conference.

"I consider the ADC endorsement process as the first caucus in the nation, the first test for candidates with voters that will determine how Alabama will vote," Reed said. "The candidate that wins the ADC endorsement will go a long way to ensure a primary victory not only in Alabama, but in other states as well."

Alabama's primary is Feb. 5, which it shares with other Southern states, including Arkansas, Georgia, and Tennessee.

[Alegre]

1. Hillary's Gotten Some Pretty Amazing Endorsements So Far

And she's leading among AA voters in South Carolina too if memory serves. I'm in absolute awe of how well her campaigns lining everything up. If only others would work together this well!

[Colobo]

2. I'm starting to think

Things would be the same in 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024... and then you wonder...