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Obama wins endorsement of key Nevada Unions

Wed Jan 09, 2008 at 11:54:38 AM PDT

Hot off the presses from politicalwire.com:

Sen. Barack Obama secured the endorsement of the Culinary Workers union in Nevada, ABC News reports. "The endorsement of the 60,000-member Culinary Workers union is seen as the biggest get in Nevada, a state which votes Jan. 19."

Meanwhile, the Las Vegas Sun reports Obama also won the backing of the Service Employees International Union Nevada last night, ending "a tortured process that unveiled infighting within its ranks."

Forgive me if this has been diaried elsewhere but I did not see it.  This is a big help to Obama as it was thought the establishment would start lining up behind Hillary Clinton.  It's clear that this is anyone's race, and no one is a front runner.

I'd also like to ad that anyone who thought this race was over, for Hillary or Obama, was crazy.  Clinton has been the front runner for over a year and to think she'd fade away in five days is folly.  This is going to be a race for ages and I would hope both sides keep this positive and not resort to personal attacks.  We're all Democrats here.  May the best candidate win.

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