Obama comes up short on union support
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Barack Obama's appeal among Democrats is undeniable. He's near the top of every poll and he packs rooms wherever he goes. But a vital piece of the Democratic power establishment isn't showing him any love: labor unions.
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The UAW action is much ado about not very much.
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Barack Obama has won the backing of the United Food and Commercial Workers, a politically active union with half of its 1.3 million members in the Democratic presidential battleground of Ohio.
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John J. Sweeney is facing his first serious challenge as he seeks a fourth term -- and it is from his own base, the labor left. The AFL's 60 member unions will meet in July to choose the next president, but the struggle for votes has already begun.
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The state of their union? Icy. Rival Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama came within a foot of one another just before President Bush's State of the Union speech without acknowledging each other.
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Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards are the finalists for a crucial endorsement from the Service Employees International Union, one of organized labor's most powerful unions.
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Sen. Barack Obama was drawing strong support across race and gender lines Tuesday in Virginia in a bold grab at some of the core backers of his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Sen. Barack Obama was drawing strong support across race and gender lines Tuesday in Virginia that showed signs he was eating into the core voters of his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Barack Obama, who has made his mark in the presidential race with his call for a new brand of politics, isn't quite as singular on the political scene as his campaign would suggest.
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Democratic presidential  candidate Barack Obama was buoyed on Tuesday by some good news  in an Iowa opinion poll but warned his backers they need to  show up and vote this week if they want him to win.
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Just days into his campaign, Barack Obama is pulling in the crowds. But even political rock stars donât always hit the right note.
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Democratic presidential  hopeful John Edwards won labor union backing on Monday from  steelworkers and mineworkers, putting him ahead of rivals in  declared union support, his campaign said.
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A top union leader says it's time for Democratic presidential candidates to get up close and personal with union members. In 2004, Democratic presidential hopefuls seeking the endorsement of the nation's fastest growing labor union faced the "hang test" &#151; before delivering their stump speeches, they had to hang out with 25 union members for an hour to show how well they could connect with real people.
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Advisers to Senator Barack Obama were hoping he would draw a considerable share of independent voters, even with Senator John McCain also on the ballot.
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U.S. Democratic presidential  hopeful John Edwards won labor union backing on Monday from  steelworkers and mineworkers, putting him ahead of rivals in  declared union support, his campaign said.
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It is unclear whether Gov. Bill Richardsonâs supporters will gravitate to Senator Barack Obama or Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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CONCORD, N.H., Jan. 7 -- For months, Barack Obama's presidential campaign has focused its organizational abilities on the small, well-defined canvas of Iowa and New Hampshire, where the senator from Illinois has been able to make his case face to face with large proportions of the electorate and ...