Just heard it on MSNBC. This union had been supporting John Edwards. They have now switched to Obama.
This is the second ex-Edwards supporting union to make the big switch. Could there be more on the way? Could there be an Edwards endorsement on the way?
Judging from Joe Trippi's reactions to the question yesterday, it would seem that way. But who knows.
In the meantime, these union endorsements will really help Obama's GOTV in California!
MoveOn.org is also on board with Obama!
Update:
MOVEON ENDORSES OBAMA
Today Barack Obama earned the endorsement of MoveOn, one of the largest grassroots membership organizations in the United States, after clobbering Hillary Clinton by 40 percent in Internet balloting. Obama led the final tally 70.4% to 29.6%, clearing the supermajority required for the endorsement. MoveOn, which has never endorsed a presidential candidate before, boasts that it has 1.7 million members in Super Tuesday states. The group has over half a million members in California alone – roughly one out of ten primary voters in Tuesday's largest state.
"We've learned that the key to achieving change in Washington without compromising core values is having a galvanized electorate to back you up," said Executive Director Eli Pariser, "And Barack Obama has our members 'fired up and ready to go' on that front."
Organizers said they would "immediately" begin mobilizing on behalf of Obama, leading turnout programs and phone-banking members of MoveOn in targeted states. The group made seven million "GOTV" calls for Democrats in the mid-term elections, and it has an extensive voter file database.
The decisive victory shows that Obama is consolidating support from the netroots in the wake of John Edwards' withdrawal. Obama also won the Edwards vote in Thursday's Daily Kos reader poll. He bounced 35 points to reach an all-time high of 71 percent, while Clinton held steady at 11 percent. If Super Tuesday is a tie and both campaigns brace for a protracted delegate hunt, Obama could draw fundraising, volunteers and advocacy from a united front of MoveOn, netroots activists and bloggers.
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Obama, indeed, has the big MO!