Clinton's Secretary of Labor Robert Reich Endorses Obama

[grassfed]

I believe that Barack Obama should be elected President of the United States.

Although Hillary Clinton has offered solid and sensible policy proposals, Obama's strike me as even more so. His plans for reforming Social Security and health care have a better chance of succeeding. His approaches to the housing crisis and the failures of our financial markets are sounder than hers. His ideas for improving our public schools and confronting the problems of poverty and inequality are more coherent and compelling. He has put forward the more enlightened foreign policy and the more thoughtful plan for controlling global warming

- Robert Reich, Apr 18, 08

more http://robertreich.blogspot.com

[Mooney]

1. Ouch.

That's gonna leave a mark.

[papau]

25. Ouch? A mark? Oh right-the lips on Obama's butt mark. Like he isn't O's "no mandate" guy

[LisaM]

2. Didn't he originally do this months ago?

When was his endorsement actually made?

I'm presuming anyway that Obama will reject this endorsement, as he has nothing good to say about economic policies under Bill Clinton.

[grassfed]

3. No. Official announcement 30 min ago. Check out his blog.

http://robertreich.blogspot.com/

[LisaM]

12. Or, check out this article from Februrary

Which is a de facto endorsment, IMO.

http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=10044


In the meantime, I'm still waiting for Obama to decline the endorsement, since it is reminiscent of what he seems to think is Bill Clinton's failed presidency.

[DJ13]

5. No, even yesterday morning he declined to endorse either candidate

I think you're confusing his several instances of criticism of the Hillary campaign over the last two months as being an endorsement of Obama.

It wasnt.

The guy has been a personal friend of the Clintons since college, this endorsement of Obama wasnt easy for him.

[redqueen]

13. I just LOVE how you and at least one other rabid Hillary supporter

are going around trying to downplay the latest "betrayal" by another "Judas".

Do you really think, at this stage, that it makes any difference? At all?

:rofl:

[Window]

14. And they're so obvious with it.

[redqueen]

19. It's so meaningless...

IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO! THIS ISN'T NEWS! STOP TALKING ABOUT IT!

:rofl:

[tabatha]

4. Wonder what Krugman is going to say about this.

[Thepricebreaker]

6. Thats going to leave a mark ;)

[phrigndumass]

7. Good news! Next up, Bill Clinton will be endorsing Senator Obama

***kidding***

:rofl:

[Bluebear]

8. -------

:spray:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. Later, he'll say, "I never voted for that woman."

[dchill]

9. "...a better chance of succeeding."

And THAT is a very important factor. Let's quit quibbling about degrees of universality and mandates. Let's talk about appeal and credibility.

[bklyncowgirl]

10. Hmmm, so will Carville call him Judas or Benedict Arnold?

He may start running out of traitor names soon.

[Ian David]

15. I proudly supported Robert Reich when he ran for governor of Massachusetts, too! n/t

[anonymous171]

16. Sweet.

GOBAMA! :woohoo:

[Cant trust em]

17. Yesterday on Ed Shultz he was saying that he hasn't endorsed

What a difference 24 hours makes.

[Life Long Dem]

18. Did the Clinton's say he is too late also?

:rofl:

[phiddle]

20. Not too late, just too short!

Seriously, with Richardson, that 2 ex-Clinton cabinet members to go to Obama. This is an important signal to other superdelegates, no?

[Scurrilous]

21. K & R

:thumbsup:

[sonias]

22. Thank you Robert Reich!

:woohoo:

Sonia

[RichardRay]

23. Does anybody know if Clare Dalton endorsed, too?

I like her as much as I like him, and that's saying a lot.

[Sulawesi]

24. Judas! lol