California black caucus supports Obama


	California black caucus supports Obama

BobbyDelray

9-15-2007 8:27 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/476b7f9f-3409-4d53-91a9-02f05e4fc9f1/4DA08C38-7763-401C-92EC-DD8FF4FB8793/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/09/14/california_black_caucus_supports_obama/2930/" href="http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/09/14/california_black_caucus_supports_obama/2930/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.upi.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/09/14/california_black_caucus_supports_obama/2930/"><SPAN id="intelliTXT" ndPar="[object Object]">The <A href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="3590967">California</A> Legislative Black Caucus has announced its endorsement of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., to be the Democratic Party nominee for president.<BR /><BR />The caucus said in the announcement that its members consider Obama to be "the only candidate that can unite people to get things done," The <A href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="3724232">Washington Times</A> reported Friday.<BR /><BR />"It's imperative that we choose the candidate who is committed to addressing the disparity gaps that exist in our communities," said Karen Bass, the vice chairman of the caucus and majority leader of the California Assembly. <BR /><BR />However, one of the eight members of the caucus, Assemblyman Sandre Swanson, D-Oakland, cast a dissenting vote in the endorsement. Swanson has voiced support for Sen. <A href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="3591722">Hillary Clinton</A>, D-N.Y., who has also received endorsements from high-ranking Hispanic officials California, including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles. </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/09/14/california_black_caucus_supports_obama/2930/"></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4DA08C38-7763-401C-92EC-DD8FF4FB8793/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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