AFL-CIO Obama endorsement to come on Thursday.

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AFL-CIO Obama endorsement to come on Thursday.
WASHINGTON--The general board of the AFL-CIO on Thursday is expected to endorse presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). The board will convene Thursday in a conference call to make it official. The endorsement brings what will be the AFL-CIO's largest voter mobilization ever--outreach to more than 13 million voters in 24 priority states in support of Obama. The labor federation has budgeted a record $53.4 million for their entire 2008 voting program, which includes down ticket races. Though it was not on his schedule, Obama met with AFL-CIO leaders and union presidents at the AFL-CIO building--down the street from the White House on June 18. Obama met the labor leaders--including AFL-CIO president John Sweeney--in a conference room for about 90 minutes for an informal discussion where he took a number of questions.



http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/06/aflcio_obama_endorsement_to_co.html

[FrenchieCat]

1. Excellent!

:thumbsup:

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2. and the $ 53 million will be useful too lol makes McCains' $ 85 million

in matching look a little anemic