Regis Philbin
Jan 17th, 2008, 05:44 PM
One more Dem powerbroker turns their back on Mrs. Clinton...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jvzT8keHzVS3YjP8BJDDrf64A_AwD8U7QC200
Leahy Endorses Obama
By ANN SANNER – 5 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, endorsed presidential candidate Barack Obama on Thursday.
"We need a president who can reintroduce America to the world and actually reintroduce America to ourselves," Leahy said in a conference call with reporters. "I believe Barack Obama is the best person to do that."
Leahy said he admires Obama's Democratic rivals, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Sen. John Edwards, and was not making a statement against them. "I'm looking at who can do this best, and I believe that Barack Obama can."
Obama said in a statement that Leahy had "the judgment and courage to vote against the Iraq war, and he's been a champion of our rights here at home, and of human rights around the world."
Obama recently won the endorsement of two fellow Democratic senators from the heartland — Ben Nelson, a popular moderate in largely Republican Nebraska and Claire McCaskill from Missouri, historically a swing state in presidential contests.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jvzT8keHzVS3YjP8BJDDrf64A_AwD8U7QC200
Leahy Endorses Obama
By ANN SANNER – 5 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, endorsed presidential candidate Barack Obama on Thursday.
"We need a president who can reintroduce America to the world and actually reintroduce America to ourselves," Leahy said in a conference call with reporters. "I believe Barack Obama is the best person to do that."
Leahy said he admires Obama's Democratic rivals, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Sen. John Edwards, and was not making a statement against them. "I'm looking at who can do this best, and I believe that Barack Obama can."
Obama said in a statement that Leahy had "the judgment and courage to vote against the Iraq war, and he's been a champion of our rights here at home, and of human rights around the world."
Obama recently won the endorsement of two fellow Democratic senators from the heartland — Ben Nelson, a popular moderate in largely Republican Nebraska and Claire McCaskill from Missouri, historically a swing state in presidential contests.