Barack Obama: Alive And Well
By Pejman Yousefzadeh Posted in 2008 | Barack Obama — Comments (7) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Whatever the surprise in last night's results, Barack Obama's campaign appears to still be rolling along pretty well:
Despite losing Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, Sen. Barack Obama secured the endorsement of the Culinary Workers union.
The endorsement of the 60,000-member Culinary Workers union is seen as the biggest get in Nevada, a state which votes Jan. 19.
At 11 p.m. E.T. on Tuesday, a 12-member panel which controls the 60,000-member Culinary Workers union held a conference call to decide which '08 candidate to endorse.
The panel making the decision is the executive committee of UNITE-HERE, Culinary's parent union.
"We believe that Obama is the candidate who can bring the country together and we are proud to support his candidacy," Shauna Hamel, Executive Vice President of the union says.
Obama is the likely favorite in Nevada as a result of endorsements like this one--though I will add that I have not seen any polls out of Nevada concerning the state of the race for Democrats. Still, this makes clear that Obama has hardly been shaken as a result of the loss in New Hampshire. He is still in a position to land some heavy blows on the Clinton campaign, even if Clinton goes on to win the nomination.
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...in their pocket, and it didn't help them.
“.....women and minorities hardest hit”
is that the Culinary Workers Union had indicated it would endorse Obama before he lost New Hampshire. Even after that happened, they still felt comfortable enough with Obama to give their support to him. I happen to feel Obama is the strongest potential Democratic nominee, mind you, but the longer and bloodier their primary the better.
I don't know why the media continues to refer to this as a "Hillary's" victory when both she and Obama got 9 delegates.
Because it was not even supposed to be close. The last poll taken before NH showed Obama up by an average of 10 points. He was not supposed to just beat Hillary-he was supposed to deliver a good old fashioned coutnry butt whuppin and possibly knock Hillary out of the race. However, Obama's got a firewall in SC where he's got another huge 10 point lead. I think he's poised to end the hope of the Wicked Witch by February, and thats bad for us-Obama is the one to fear.
If you ever find that you only have an hour to live,spend it with a liberal and it will seem like a year."-Rush Limbaugh
Whom will the crucial Culinary Workers Union support in Nevada? Will Rep. Jim Clyburn, the influential African-American congressman in South Carolina, endorse anyone? I'm not sure either key endorsement will materialize.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/87878/page/2
In fairness, Howard Fineman was not alone. This is not a good year for conventional wisdom.
I'm much more worried about Obama than I am Clinton. Whoever our nominee is, there will be a bunch of angry Republicans. The only thing that can unite the party is the threat of Hillary.
it highly likely the Culinary Workers Union wouldn't endorse Obama. Apparently Clinton didn't have a large enough margin to scare them.