1.0 link 138844 <![CDATA[AFL-CIO Launches Late Blitz For Obama, Releases Favorable Poll Numbers]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/29/afl-cio-launches-late-bli_n_138844.html The AFL-CIO and its community affiliate Working America are launching a massive, late stage get-out-the-vote effort to ensure that as many union voters as possible in 21 battleground states go to the polls come Nov. 4.

The union conglomerate will dispatch volunteers to nearly 4 million union households, in addition to making 5.5 million calls from now until Election Day.

Of equal interest, the AFL-CIO released internal polling findings on Wednesday morning that showed growing support for Barack Obama among...

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