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    I'm furious about my squandered nation.

    Friday, January 04, 2008

    Obama Has No Substance, but 8 years of chimp has already demonstrated that America is too dumb to tell the difference

    Union support is supposed to be key to winning the Democratic presidential primary, with their money and footsoldiers playing key roles in the early voting states. For example, the political arm of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which has endorsed Clinton, spent at least $250,000 to air television ads in Iowa urging her victory.

    While the Service Employees International Union has not made a national endorsement — "We will make an endorsement when there is a presumptive nominee, but it is too early for that," SEIU spokeswoman Stephanie Mueller said Friday — its local chapters have split their endorsements between Clinton, Obama and Edwards.

    The Iowa and New Hampshire SEIU locals are supporting Edwards, spending more than $2 million trying to get people in those two states to support the North Carolina senator. Those resources are now being shifted solely to New Hampshire in hopes of picking up the state for the former North Carolina senator.

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