More tea leaf reading
The Wall Street Journal says that Speaker Pelosi's allies are breaking for Obama.
While congressional leaders generally don’t make endorsements in presidential primaries, the addition of California Rep. Anna Eshoo to the list of lawmakers backing Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois today may provide clues to where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leaning.Eshoo is one of Pelosi’s closest friends and political allies in the House, as is California Rep. George Miller, who endorsed Obama earlier this month. Rep. Xavier Becerra, hand-picked by Pelosi to be assistant to the speaker when Democrats took control of the chamber, also endorsed Obama this week....
Obama’s camp believes he will perform well in the densely populated San Francisco Bay area on Tuesday, where in addition to the Eshoo and Miller nods he has also nabbed the endorsement of Reps. Zoe Lofgren of the San Jose area and Barbara Lee, who represents Oakland and Berkley in one of the most liberal districts in the nation. Sen. John Kerry will also host a campaign rally for Obama in San Francisco on Saturday.
Lee is quite popular in her district, and Miller is in more than one way, something like the Ted Kennedy of the House. So those matter. Here's the list of all Congressional endorsements. If it weren't for some admirable members of the New York delegation (Nadler, Hinchey, etc.) tipping Clinton's way I'd say that on balance Obama walks away with a more desirable (if smaller) roster of fans.
Clinton, I should add, now...enjoys...the support of Maxine Waters, who is the scourge of both the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Progressive Caucus. So I wouldn't exactly call that good news for her.
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The big difference between Democratic and Republican voters is that most Democrats could give a rip about who endorses who. Republican endorsements on the other hand weigh heavily on voter's choices. Note, Republicans aren't allowing crossover voting. I know, I'm running a poll booth in California.
I think it should be mentioned, Clinton also enjoys the support of Newt Gingrich and John McCain, which I noted in 2005 in a blog entitled "Hillary in 2008? Who Cares?" Republicans want Hillary to run, because they see her as a sure loser. I also went on in the same blog, by the way, to gurantee that McCain would run against Hillary. Surely McCain and Newt don't believe she would be a "fine president," as they have stated. Republicans were baiting her! Did you notice a few Republican debates ago how Republican candidates were talking about Clinton as if she had already won the nomination? Republicans are giddy as hell about the prospect of running against her, and her husband.
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