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held a conference call with the heads of the unions that formed the Alliance for Economic Justice. Mostly AFL-CIO-member manufacturing unions, the 18-member AEJ last year endorsed Gephardt last year for president in 2004, and is now looking at three possible replacements: Kerry, Clark and Edwards. /p>"We wanted to get the opinion of Representative Gephardt," says an AEJ member. "His views on who of the remaining candidates best shares the views we support are important to us."
Prior to leaving Iowa, Gephardt staffers had suggested to campaign volunteers with ties to the AEJ that they throw their support behind Edwards. But national Gephardt campaign advisers said that was not the official recommendation of the candidate, who is holding back endorsing any of his former competitors.
p>AEJ members are actively working for candidates in South Carolina and Michigan. The group won't hold any of its members to a particular candidate until a new endorsement comes down the pike, most likely after next week's round of primaries and caucuses. br> /p>
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