Sioux Falls, SD
May 16, 2008
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May 16, 2008
Categories: Barack Obama
McGovern switches to ObamaCarrie Budoff Brown reports from Sioux Falls, SD, that Barack Obama collected the endorsement of former Senator George McGovern, a Democratic Party elder but also a symbol of liberal defeat who came out for Obama last week.
McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential candidate and former South Dakota senator, made a memorable endorsement last October of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, telling an Iowa crowd: “We have an old rule of courtesy in the United States: Ladies first.”
Not anymore. He made his switch to the Obama campaign official Friday, introducing the Illinois senator at a rally here.
“I have three daughters and one son, and 10 grandchildren,” McGovern said. “After I endorsed Senator Clinton, all 14 of them enlisted in the Obama campaign. That is some measure of the influence I had at home.”By Ben Smith 08:17 PM
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