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Obama scores a superdelegate
Sonny Nardi, president of Teamsters’ Local 416 near Cleveland and one of 21 Ohio Democratic superdelegates announced his endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama.
The national Teamsters announced their endorsement of the Illinois senator earlier this week.
“The American Dream is getting out of reach for too many working families in Ohio , and we need a President who has stood up to special interests and fought for the middle class throughout their career,” Nardi said in a press release announcing his endorsement. “Barack Obama believes that unfair trade agreements like NAFTA were the wrong policies for American workers, and he has proposed the Patriot Employers Act which would end tax breaks for corporations that outsource American jobs and encourage corporations to create good-paying jobs here in Ohio.”
A superdelegate is a party luminary whose support at the Democratic National Convention is worthy of one delegate vote. The Democratic nominee will need 2,025 delegate votes to take the nomination, and the race for delegates is tight, with Obama holding a slight lead. Superdelegates are not required under party rules to back whomever voters back in primaries and caucuses, but can throw their support behind whomever they want.
Nardi is the fourth superdelegate to publicly pledge support to one of the two Democratic front-runners. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Cleveland, have both backed Sen. Hillary Clinton, and former DNC chair David Wilhelm has backed Obama.
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By Jennifer
February 22, 2008 8:54 PM | Link to this
URGENT FOR SENIORS !! Many of OUR SENIORS need help. They’re concerned about Social Security or dealing with the maze of coverage for Medicare Part D. They’re paying too much for prescription drugs and coping with rising costs on everything. More than anything, they’re worried about the country they’re leaving behind to their children and grandchildren. http://youtube.com/watch?v=oq4uoIG-UyIBy girish
February 22, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this
Yes We Can. Walk for Barack this weekend. Join us for a Huge weekend of canvassing, we will be meeting at our office this Saturday at 10 AM and Sunday at Noon. We will be in the office all day so please to stop by and knock out a packet or make some phone calls even if you can’t get their for the main launch. We also have yard signs now and can get one when you return from canvassing. Leigh Building Obama Office (Dayton, OH) Intersection of Ludlow and 2nd St. Dayton, OH 45402 Host: Mike Burns Contact Phone: 937-614-2008