Change to Win, a liberal coalition of seven major
unions with six million members, has endorsed Barack Obama. Several of the unions,
such as the Teamsters, had already endorsed him, but nonetheless
this formalizes the fact that Obama is the clear choice of big
labor. It complicates the efforts of Hillary Clinton to mount a
comeback by arguing that she is the choice of working-class
Democrats. Obama now has the consolidated the support of blacks,
young voters, upper-income whites, and unions--and keeps making
progress among women--that's a good place to be in in a Democratic
nomination contest.
topics:
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Unions