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Politicians and Academics:

  • Rep. Nick Rahall (of West Virginia; story)
  • Daniel Kurtzer (former US Ambassador to Israel for Pres. Bush, 2001-2005; quote)
  • Former Gov. Hugh Carey (of New York; story)
  • Current and Former Mayors of Brownsville, TX
  • Jim Hightower (progressive populist in TX; statement)
  • Sen. Jay Rockefeller (of WV; Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee; his strong endorsement)
  • Rep. John Barrow (of Georgia)
  • Senator Byron Dorgan (of North Dakota; story)
  • Paul Strauss (shadow Sen. of DC)
  • Michael Brown (shadow Sen. of DC)
  • Former Gov. Mark White (of Texas)
  • Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (of South Dakota)
  • Sen. Chris Dodd (of CT; former presidential candidate; story)
  • Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley
  • Steve Novick (Merkley's opponent in the US Senate race; story)
  • Mayor Mark Mallory (of Cincinnati OH)
  • Mayor Michael Coleman (of Columbus OH)
  • Mayor Donald Culliver (of Mansfield OH)
  • Mayor Frank Jackson (of Cleveland OH)
  • Sen. Russ Feingold (of WI; story)
  • Rep. Steve Kagen (of WI)
  • Rep. Kathy Castor (of FL; story)
  • Rep. Ron Kind (of WI; voting with his district)
  • Rep. Lloyd Doggett (of TX;story)
  • Mike Panetta (Shadow Rep. of DC)
  • Rep. Chet Edwards (of TX; story)
  • Treasurer Richard Cordray (of Ohio)
  • Former Mayor Ed Garza (of San Antonio Texas)
  • Mayor Will Wynn (of Austin TX)
  • Rep. Brian Baird (of WA)
  • Rep. John Lewis (of Georgia; civil rights elder statesman; switched from Clinton -- maybe, now definitely)
  • Rep. David Scott (of Georgia; switched from supporting Clinton)
  • Former Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee (of Rhode Island; story)
  • Christine "Roz" Samuels (NJ superdelegate switched from Clinton to Obama)
  • Governor Aníbal Acevedo Víla (of Puerto Rico, location of the winner-take-all last primary)
  • David Wilhelm (Bill Clinton's former campaign manager; superdelegate)
  • Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)
  • Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (TX)
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer (of Oregon)
  • Rep. Jim Oberstar (of MN)
  • Rep. Steve Cohen (TN)
  • Rep. James P. Moran (of Virginia)
  • Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX)
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro (of CT)
  • Rep. John Yarmuth (KY)
  • Rep. David Obey (WI)
  • Rep. Michael Capuano (MA)
  • Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch
  • Frank LaMere (Nebraska superdelegate; chair of DNC Native American Caucus)
  • Governor Christine Gregoire (of Washington State)
  • Doug Wilder (former Governor of Virginia; currently Mayor of Richmond; statement)
  • Governor Chet Culver (of Iowa)
  • Rep. Tim Waltz (of Minnesota)
  • Several Maryland Politicians
  • Several Louisiana Politicians
  • Marion Barry (controversial former DC mayor)
  • Lawrence Lessig (Internet freedom intellectual; really cool video; transcript)
  • Katha Pollitt (journalist and feminist; her reasoning)
  • Maria Shriver (First Lady of California, niece of JFK)
  • Kate Michelman (former president of NARAL; former Edwards supporter; her reasoning)
  • Harold Varmus (Nobel Prize winner; head of the National Institutes of Health in the Clinton admin; story (be sure to read his last paragraph))
  • Susan Eisenhower (granddaughter of President Eisenhower, Washington Post Op Ed)
  • Paul Volcker (former Chairman of the Federal Reserve)
  • Alma Rangel (wife of powerful Clinton supporter Rep. Charles Rangel)
  • Rep. Chris Murphy (of Connecticut)
  • Rep. John Larson (of Connecticut)
  • Rep. Earl Pomeroy (of North Dakota)
  • Elizabeth B. Moynihan (window of fomer NY Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan)
  • Governor Kathleen Sebelius (of Kansas)
  • Rep Anna Eshoo (of California)
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva (of Arizona, had endorsed Edwards)
  • Toni Morrison (author who famously called Bill Clinton "the first black president")
  • Senator Edward Kennedy (of Massachusetts, brother of JFK)
  • Caroline Kennedy (daughter of JFK, see A President Like My Father)
  • Senator Patrick Leahy (of Vermont)
  • Former Senator Jean Carnahan (of Missouri)
  • Rep. Benny Thompson (of Mississippi)
  • Rep. Rick Boucher (of Virginia)
  • Senator John Kerry (of Massachusetts, former presidential candidate)
  • Senator Claire McCaskill (of Missouri, vowed to work hard for Obama)
  • Governor Janet Napolitano (of Arizona)
  • Former Senator Bill Bradley (of New Jersey, former presidential candidate)
  • Rep. George Miller (of California, close ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, liberal Democrat)
  • Governor Jim Doyle (of Wisconsin)
  • Senator Ben Nelson (of Nebraska, a conservative Democrat)
  • Senator Tim Johnson (of South Dakota, a moderate Democrat)
  • Mayor Shirley Franklin (of Atlanta)
  • Rep. Adam Schiff (of California)
  • Alice Walker (Pulitzer Prize winning author;
    )
  • Governor Tim Kaine (of Virginia;
    )
[For a complete list of superdelegates, see this great site]

Celebrities, Actors, Musicians (very incomplete):

  • Russell Simmons (Def Jam; story)
  • Joan Baez (first time endorsing a candidate)
  • Kareem Abdul Jabbar
  • Charles Barkley
  • John Legend
  • Usher
  • Common (
    )
  • Dave Matthews
  • The Grateful Dead
  • Robert De Niro (actor, usually apolitical)
  • Garrison Keillor (host of A Prairie Home Companion)
  • will.i.am
  • Scarlett Johansson
  • Oprah
  • Stevie Wonder
  • George Clooney
Organizations:
  • Philly for Change
  • University of Penn Democrats
  • Social Security Administration Union (25,000 members)
  • 1500 Feminists for Peace (story; grew out of NY group listed below)
  • Akron/Canton group of pastors (story)
  • Change to Win (7 unions, 6 million members (many included below); press release)
  • The Teamsters (1.4 million members)
  • International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers (65,ooo members; part of AFL-CIO; statement)
  • Texas group called the Mexican American Democrats
  • Service Employees International Union (1.9 million members;press release)
  • United Food and Commercial Workers (1.1 million members)
  • Washington State Service Employees International Union (100,000 members)
  • MoveOn.org (3.2 million members)
  • New York Feminists for Peace (statement)
  • CA Service Employees International Union (650,000 members)
  • NY Transport Workers Union (200,000 members)
  • Los Angeles County Federation of Labor (800,000 members)
  • Nevada Culinary Workers Union (60,000 members)
  • Unite Here
Newspapers:
  • US - Rolling Stone (I just had to attach this
    )
  • US - The Nation
  • AL - Tuscaloosa News
  • AL - Birmingham News
  • AZ - The Arizona Republic
  • CA - Black Voice News
  • CA - Chico News & Review
  • CA - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
  • CA - La Opinión
  • CA - Long Beach Leader
  • CA - Los Angeles Sentinel
  • CA - The Los Angeles Times
  • CA - Marin Pacific Sun
  • CA - Modesto Bee
  • CA - North Bay Bohemian
  • CA - Palm Springs Desert Sun
  • CA - Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Whittier Daily News
  • CA - Precinct Reporter
  • CA - Riverside Press-Enterprise
  • CA - Sacramento Bee
  • CA - San Diego City Beat
  • CA - San Francisco Bay Guardian
  • CA - San Francisco Bay View
  • CA - San Francisco Chronicle
  • CA - San Jose Mercury News
  • CA - Santa Barbara Independent
  • CA - Santa Cruz Sentinel
  • CA - Tri County Bulletin
  • CA - Stockton Record
  • CO - Rocky Mountain News
  • CT - The Day (re-endorsement for Rhode Island voters)
  • CT - Connecticut Post
  • CT - Norwich Bulletin
  • FL - Gainesville Sun
  • FL - Palm Beach Post
  • FL - The Sun-Sentinel
  • FL - Tampa Tribune
  • FL - St. Petersburg Times
  • GA - Atlanta Journal Constitution
  • GA - Atlanta Daily World
  • HI - The Honolulu Advertiser
  • IA - Ames Iowa State Daily
  • IA - Des Moines El Latino
  • IA - Iowa City Press Citizen
  • IA - Iowa City Daily Iowan
  • IA - Sioux City Journal
  • IA - Logan Herald-Observer
  • IA - Ottumwa Courier
  • IL - Chicago Defender
  • IL - Chicago Sun-Times
  • IL - Chicago Tribune
  • IL - Daily Herald
  • IL - Belleville News Democrat
  • MA - Bay State Banner
  • MA - Boston Globe
  • MA - Daily News Tribune
  • MA - The Springfield Republican
  • MD - Baltimore Sun
  • ME - Portland Press Herald
  • MO - Kansas City Call
  • MO - The St. Louis American
  • MO - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  • NH - Littleton Courier
  • NH - Nashua Telegraph
  • NH - Portsmouth Herald
  • NH - Valley News
  • NM - Albuquerque Tribune
  • NM - Santa Fe New Mexican
  • NJ - The Trenton Times
  • NJ - The Star-Ledger
  • NV - Las Vegas Review Journal
  • NV - Reno Gazette Journal
  • NV - Elko Free Press
  • NY - New York Observer
  • NY - New York Post
  • OH - The Athens Post (nuanced endorsement)
  • OH - The Canton Repository
  • OH - Dayton Daily News
  • OH - The Cincinnati Enquirer (audio interview)
  • OH - The Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • OH - The Toledo Blade
  • PA - Philadelphia Inquirer
  • SC - Charleston Post and Courier
  • SC - The State
  • SC - The Rock Hill Herald
  • SC - The Greenville News
  • TN - Tri-State Defender
  • TX - Dallas Morning News
  • TX - The Austin American-Statesman
  • TX - The Corpus Christi Caller-Times
  • TX - The El Paso Times
  • TX - Houston Chronicle
  • TX - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • TX - Longview News-Journal
  • TX - The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
  • TX - San Angelo Standard-Times
  • TX - San Antonio Express-News
  • WA - The Seattle Times
  • WI - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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...I will vote for Senator Obama, and here's why. I believe that the Bush administration has so deeply damaged this country's status, both at home and abroad, that the situation demands the leader who can most rapidly restore our self-respect and the respect of others around the world. This can best be achieved by a clean break with recent history. In that sense, Obama offers more than intelligence, sensible positions on policy, and dedication to public service---the characteristics he and Hillary Clinton share. He represents a new kind of leader, one without ties to a divisive past and one who portrays through his personal history a global perspective that is both crucial and unprecedented. His election, like no other, would instantly announce that America has turned a corner historically and will now be led by a distinct and fresh intellect."

~ Harold Varmus, Nobel Prize winning scientist for his research on Cancer and former Pres. Clinton appointee (in charge of NIH for 7 years)

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