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Obama Endorsed by Anti-War Group
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In Sacramento, one of California's largest unions, the Service Employees International Union, decided to throw its support to Obama. The 650,000-member union's backing could help Obama cut into Clinton's lead in California polls of Democratic base voters, many of whom are union members. The SEIU includes city, county and state workers, as well as in-home support and health care workers.
Union officials will urge their members to vote for Obama but do not plan to do a wider get-out-the-vote effort.
Obama was also endorsed Friday by the New York City-based Transport Workers Union, which also had originally sided with Edwards. "With Senator Edwards out of the race, our officers found it an easy decision to lend our support to the Obama campaign," said union president James C. Little. The 200,000-member Transport Workers Union is the first national AFL-CIO-affiliated union to endorse Obama.
Obama said he has spoken to former presidential candidate Bill Richardson about getting his endorsement.
"We have no plans of receiving an endorsement, but I would love to be pleasantly surprised," he said.
The New Mexico governor has spoken to former President Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Obama and Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, who endorsed Obama on Monday. Richardson was unclear on whether he would made an endorsement before Democratic caucuses in his state Tuesday.
"I asked all my supporters in New Mexico to make their own choice, but don't be guided by me. And I mean that. I think we have a good selection of candidates," he said.
Kennedy campaigned for Obama in Oakland, Calif., on Friday. The senator repeatedly mentioned Martin Luther King Jr. during a speech at Beebe Memorial Cathedral, and invoked the memory of his brother, President John F. Kennedy, when he said, "Barack Obama is going to ask this generation, and ask you, and you, and you to do something for your country."
The Clinton campaign on Friday began airing two ads featuring the endorsement of Sen. Kennedy's nephew, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Associated Press Writers Laura Kurtzman in Sacramento, Calif., Scott Lindlaw in Oakland, Calif., Barry Massey in Santa Fe, N.M., and Beth Fouhy in New York contributed to this report.
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