Democrat Edwards gets fresh union backing
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - 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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Despite racking up almost all of the endorsements from organized labor, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards came in behind Barack Obama Â the only Democratic front-runner with no national union support Â in the Iowa caucuses. That left at least one union looking for a new candidate Friday.
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Sen. Barack Obama is expected to be endorsed Friday by the Service Employees International Union, one of the nation's most powerful, union officials have told The Associated Press.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Sunday defended his relentless assault on corporations and special interests, dismissing criticism that his pointed populist message is too divisive.
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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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Democratic presidential contender John Edwards said on Thursday he would accept public financing of his primary campaign, reversing his earlier stance, and challenged rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to do the same.
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Sen. John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth acknowledge supporters following Sen. John Kerry&#39;s concession speech at Faneuil Hall in Boston on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004.
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Democratic presidential hopefuls on Monday brandished their labor credentials before two of the nation's more powerful unions in a hunt for endorsements.
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RACINE, Wis. Aug. 23, 2004 - John Edwards chose the almost evenly divided state of Wisconsin to tout the Democratic presidential ticket&#39;s economic plans and criticize the Bush administration&#39;s new rules for overtime pay.
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The Federal Election Commission on Thursday declared Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards officially eligible for federal matching money to help finance his campaign.
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Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards intends to enter the 2008 race for the White House, two Democratic officials said Saturday.
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Democrat John Edwards raised more than $9 million from April through June for his presidential campaign and relied on nearly 100,000 donors during the first half of the year.
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Democrat Hillary Clinton on Tuesday grabbed a key endorsement from a major transportation union, in a new boost to her front-running 2008 White House campaign.
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Rasmussen Reports - John Edwards (D), the Democrats&#39; Vice Presidential nominee in 2004, is one of four Democrats currently reaching double digits of voter support for the party&#39;s top slot in 2008. The one-term Senator from North Carolina trails Republican front-runners Rudy Giuliani and John McCain, but leads other GOP contenders-Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. Giuliani currently leads the pack in polls for the GOP nomination.
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They can be found rallying union workers, walking picket lines or helping sign up new members. Democrats running for president are after something else this time of year: the endorsements of the oh-so-important labor unions.
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Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards, a potential presidential candidate in 2008, will headline an annual New Hampshire Democratic Party fund-raiser in February.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards carries a running list of people he might put in his Cabinet, and it includes "more than one" Republican.