Cleveland mayor endorses Obama

[hogwyld]

But Ohio won't matter in the end will it?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/21/obama-to-receive-endorsem_n_87811.html

[Bicoastal]

1. Cleveland Rocks!

[book_worm]

2. mayors of states two biggest cities--Cleveland and Columbus for Obama.

[hogwyld]

4. I wonder where Cincinnati stands

I sure do miss WKRP...

[ericgtr]

7. Me too! We need crack reporter Les Nessman's coverage here

[hogwyld]

9. I'll help out with the helicopter sound effects...

I used to have the biggest crush on Bailey

[Unsane]

14. I remember Cincinnati's mayor comepletely blowing the first pitch at a Reds game a few years back

Made sportscenter--it was really funny. Basically, he throws the ball into the dugout.

[BenDavid]

3. well I bet that took a lot of courage....All these folks that are

jumping on the obama revival bandwagon are protecting their asses..

[hogwyld]

6. I'm sure it's going to put a pretty little dent in that

firewall of hers.

[OzarkDem]

19. Not as you might think

Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, who has supported Hillary from the beginning, is the AA political leader in the area. She endorsed Hillary even though the big money GOP businessmen supported Obama. There's a small group of GOP ers in the Cleveland AA community and they will probably support Obama.

Its Tubbs Jones who takes the risk by going against the wishes of Cleveland's power brokers. She's a brave woman indeed.

[cali]

20. Link please. You have

a habit of throwing out stuff that's patently untrue and putting words in Obama's mouth. Some of us have a memory. Please link to evidence that big money GOP businessmen support Obama. He's not the one who's cozy with Rupert Murdoch. He gave money to Hilly. And you can stop slurring African Americans who vote for overwhelmingly for Obama. The vast majority of them are Dems. And there was NOTHING courageos about Tubbs-Jones supporting Hillary. She did so when Hill was the frontrunner. What a crock. Naturally.

[HeraldSquare212]

5. Great.

[COFoothills]

8. The City of Cleveland is about...

...60% African American. If past performance is any indication that means that the mayor's city should go for Obama by a wide margain. So who else exactly SHOULD the mayor of such a city endorse?

[Ikonoklast]

11. The African-American vote in Cleveland is not monolithic

Blacks in Cleveland, and Cuyahoga County for that matter, routinely vote for white candidates, and even good Republican candidates.

[hogwyld]

12. Yeah, because we know Obama can't win without

the black vote. Just look at Maine for instance, err, ummmmmm

[Thrill]

10. Thats a big endorsement!!

[Cha]

13. This is interesting..Thank you, Frank Jackson!

"Sen. Barack Obama received the endorsement of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson on Thursday, at an event with Obama's wife Michelle at Cleveland State."

[hogwyld]

15. Shameless kick for the afternoon people

[ProSense]

16. Photos from the event where he announced his endorsement

Michelle was introduced by Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, who used his introduction to announce his endorsement of Barack Obama!

CLEVELAND — Speaking before a crowd of 1,000 gathered on a near-downtown college campus, Michelle Obama Thursday afternoon painted a picture of her comfortable life growing up in a working class family on the South Side of Chicago.

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Before introducing Mrs. Obama, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson announced his endorsement of the Illinois senator.

link

[OzarkDem]

17. Jackson is owned by Cleveland billionaires

he's not a popular mayor by any stretch and isn't likely to swing many voters Obama's way. OTOH, Stephanie Tubbs Jones and many of the AA state reps are backing Clinton, including Rep. Eugene Miller.

As for being owned by billionaires, I'm sure he got his orders from them on who to endorse. Cleveland has a history of AA mayors owned by big business GOP'ers. If elected Obama would no doubt be the same. Can't blame someone with that much ambition.

[cali]

21. Hilly gets far more $$$$ from

big business and the Clintons have a very long and documented history with all kinds of unsavory money types. You make one groundless accusation with no evidence after another. It is shameful.

[David Zephyr]

18. Nice.

Thanks for the good news.

[K Gardner]

22. Looks like Ohio is well on the way to not mattering. Dayum.