Obama Endorsements

Nation's Largest Education Union Endorses Obama's Re-Election

AP | Posted 09.03.2011

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CHICAGO -- The nation's largest education union has endorsed President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. Members of the National Education As...

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Obama's Endorsements Fail Democrats

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama may end up playing a rather hands-off role in this fall's elections, a surprising turn for a political pheno...

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Dick Cheney's Hometown Paper Endorses Obama

Editor & Publisher | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the past six weeks, we have chronicled the landslide in newspaper endorsements for Barack Obama (our new daily will be ready in a short bit here)....

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Obama Support Could Get Police Superintendent Reprimanded

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Chicago alderman wants police Supt. Jody Weis to be disciplined for making a statement in a TV interview earlier this month that seemed to support B...

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Stephen Colbert Endorses (But Does Not Support) Barack Obama (VIDEO)

Comedy Central | Posted 05.25.2011

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Faced with an overwhelming number of prominent conservatives receiving media face time for endorsing Obama, last night Stephen Colbert did the only se...

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Anchorage Daily News Endorses Obama

Anchorage Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alaska enters its 50th-anniversary year in the glow of an improbable and highly memorable event: the nomination of Gov. Sarah Palin as the Republican ...

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"Bernanke Endorses Obama," WSJ Says

WSJ | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben Bernanke apparently wants four more years as Federal Reserve Chairman. At least that's a reasonable conclusion after Mr. Bernanke all but submitte...

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Chicago Sun-Times Endorses Obama

Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE The Sun-Times published its endorsement of Barack Obama on its Web site Friday night: Our endorsement for President of the United States go...

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Obama Nearly Endorsed By Chicago Police Superintendent

Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis appeared to endorse Barack Obama during an interview with ABC 7 earlier this week. In a story about the dema...

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Obama Scores 15 Newspaper Endorsements On Sunday, McCain Zero

Editor and Publisher | Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama picked up at least 15 newspaper endorsements this weekend, including six in swing states Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina an...

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Paper Endorses First Democrat For President In 72 Years: Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Record, of Stockton, California, may not be the most well-known of newspapers, but they have been, for a number of decades, one of the most consis...

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Former Presidential Candidate Endorses Obama

Bryan Young | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Presidential Candidate Savage Dragon announced today his intention to endorse the presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama. Some of you ma...

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Mine Workers union endorses Obama for president

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The United Mine Workers of America endorsed Barack Obama for president Wednesday despite his recent defeats in primaries in coal-pr...

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Superdelegate Endorsements Follow Primary Contests

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hillary Clinton received an endorsement from add-on Ohio superdelegate Craig Bashein this morning: "Hillary brings a wealth of proven experience in b...

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Obama Superdelegates: Waxman And Berman

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two big representative endorsements for Barack Obama today: Rep. Henry Waxman and Rep. Howard Berman. It brings today's number of superdelegate endor...

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Superdelegates Continue To Flow To Obama

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite Hillary Clinton's sizable victory in West Virginia last night, the Obama camp has rolled out two more superdelegates this morning. Rep. Pete ...

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Obama Starts Off The Day With Superdelegates

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Indiana Rep. Joe Donnelly endorsed Obama this morning, moving Barack's gap to the nomination 149 delegates. The press release is below. UPDATE: New ...

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Evan Bayh, Hillary Supporter, Discourages Superdelegates From Endorsing

Washington Post | Jonathan Weisman | Posted 05.25.2011

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With his state's critical primary in two short weeks, Democratic Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh -- a strong supporter of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton -- has be...

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Obama Endorsed By Financial Times

Financial Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama goes into Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary as strong favourite, whatever happens, to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. Yet the...

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Jimmy Carter Hints At Obama Endorsement

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Nigerian paper This Day reports that the former president all but came out for Obama, speaking to reporters in that country: We are very inte...

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Obama Endorsed By 9/11 Commission, Iraq Study Group Co-Chair Lee Hamilton

AP | TOM DAVIES | Posted 05.25.2011

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INDIANAPOLIS — Former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president Wednesday, praising his ability to transcend partisan d...

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Progressive Blogs DailyKos, Open Left Officially Endorse Obama

Daily Kos | Markos Moulitsas | Posted 05.25.2011

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So today the Blue Majority sites (dKos, Swing State Project, and Open Left) added Barack Obama to our ActBlue fundraising page. All three sites held v...

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Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Bill Richardson Explains Why The Other Superdelegates Should Vote With Their States

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

When asked by CNN's John Roberts why, if he advocated superdelegates voting with their constituents, was he backing Obama, Richardson claimed Roberts was getting "technical."

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The Other Bill

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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This is almost like an exhalation, a tension break: about two former opponents who always liked each other now coming together out of a common hope and dream.

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Obama Endorsed By Bill Richardson

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Bill Richardson, the nation's only Hispanic governor, threw his support behind Barack Obama for president Friday, delivering on...

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