Seiu Backs Obama

Polls are an interesting phenomena. Rasmussen camefirst woman U.S. president.
out this morning with their poll of Texas and theyThe good news is that New Mexico finally counted all
showed Clinton ahead 54-38%. Three hours later thetheir votes. Hillary got one more delegate!
American Research Poll came out showing ObamaPrimarily, the endorsement will allow Obama to tap
leading Hillary in Texas by a 48-42% differential. Whileinto the Washington, D.C.-based union's staff
polls can be misleading, the endorsement by the SEIUresources and fund-raising abilities to help his
is not!campaign. It is also just another in the line of
The U.S. service workers union is to endorse Obamaendorsements that he's collecting. Even some of the
this afternoon. That's BIG!Super Delegates are now switching to Obama.
The 1.9 million-member Service EmployeesRepresentative John Lewis, an elder statesman from
International Union was expected to announce thethe civil rights era and one of Senator Hillary Rodham
endorsement later in the day, according to insiderClinton's most prominent black supporters, said
union officials. The SEIU, one of the fastest-growingThursday night that he planned to cast his vote as a
labor organizations in North America, representssuperdelegate for Senator Barack Obama in hopes of
health care and other service industry workers.preventing a fight at the Democratic convention. So
The endorsement should help Obama in his battle forwhat's a gal to do? That's as big as David Wilhelm
the Democratic presidential nomination against Sen.switching to Obama.
Hillary Clinton going into the March 4 primaries inPray? Maybe get down and dirty and go on the
Texas and Ohio. The two contests are crucial forattack? Probably!
Clinton, a New York senator who would become the