Obama numbers rise as candidate endorsed by service union (in the midst of an organizing drive)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/02/18/daily2.html

Dallas Business Journal - by Stephen C. Webster Staff Writer

Sen. Barack Obama has taken the lead in the Texas Democratic primary polls, according to New Hampshire polling firm American Research Group.

On Friday, the firm issued results of its latest poll which show Obama ahead of Sen. Hillary Clinton 48 percent to 42 percent. Other polls showed Obama trailing Clinton by a similar margin.

In a detailed breakdown, Obama took point with self-described independent voters by a vast margin: 71 percent to Clinton's 24 percent. Clinton edged out Obama among women (54 percent to 42 percent), whites (51 percent to 40 percent) and Latinos (44 percent to 42 percent), while Obama captured the lion's share of men (55 percent to 29 percent) and blacks (76 percent to 17 percent).

The same day, Obama also received an endorsement by the Service Employees International Union.

"We think there's been an incredible response to Senator Obama, not only from our own members, but by voters all across the country," said Stephanie Mueller, a Washington D.C.-based spokeswoman for the union, in a telephone interview. "We haven't seen this kind of energy in years. We hope our endorsement will help propel him to victory in Texas to secure the nomination."

The union is in the midst of an organizing drive in Dallas, with "several thousand" local sanitation and street workers joining its numbers, according to Mueller.

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[MadBadger]

1. The article is nice, except for the ARG part, which is a lot of the article.