List_of_Barack_Obama_presidential_campaign_endorsements

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 This is a list of prominent individuals and organizations who formally endorsed or voiced support for Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign during the Democratic Party primaries and the general election. • Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Chairman of the Budget Committee[15] • Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), former 2008 Presidential candidate and Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs[16] • Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee, and the Committee on Indian Affairs[17] • Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Majority Whip[18] • Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI)[19] • Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)[8] • Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee[10] • Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI)[8] • Sen. Tim Johnson, Chairman of the Ethics Committee (D-SD) [20] • Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions[21][22] • Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), 2004 Democratic Presidential Nominee, Chairman of the Small Business Committee[23] • Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)[24] • Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI)[8] • Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)[10] • Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)[10] • Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee [25] • Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)[8] • Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)[8] • Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) [26] • Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ)[27] • Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)[8] • Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)[8] • Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) [28] • Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) [29] • Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)[8] • Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)[30] • Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Chairman of the Intelligence Committee [31] • Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO)[10] • Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)[8] • Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY)[8] • Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)[8] • Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)[7] Campaign endorsements See also: Congressional endorsements for the 2008 United States presidential election U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents • • • • Fmr. Fmr. Fmr. Fmr. President Jimmy Carter[1] President Bill Clinton[2] Vice President Al Gore[3][4] Vice President Walter Mondale[5] U.S. Senators Current • Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee[6] • Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Finance Committee[7] • Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)[8] • Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE), 2008 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee and former 1988 and 2008 presidential candidate[8] • Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources[9] • Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee[10] • Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)[8] • Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), President pro tempore of the United States Senate, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations[11][12] • Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)[8] • Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)[10] • Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)[10] • Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA) [13] • Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), former 2008 presidential candidate[14] 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) [32] • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)[30] • Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)[10] List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. G. K. Butterfield (D-NC)[70] Lois Capps (D-CA)[71][72] Mike Capuano (D-MA)[73] Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)[74][broken Former • • • • • • • Fmr. Sen. David Boren (D-OK)[33] Fmr. Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ) [34] Fmr. Sen. Jean Carnahan (D-MO)[35] Fmr. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (I-RI), (R-RI while in office)[36][37] Fmr. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) [38] Fmr. Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ) Phx Bus Journal. Fmr. Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), former 2008 presidential candidate and 2004 Democratic Vice-Presidential Nominee[39] Fmr. Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL) [40] Fmr. Sen. Gary Hart (D-CO)[41] Fmr. Shadow Sen. Jesse Jackson (DDC)[42][43] Fmr. Sen. Charles Mathias (R-MD)[44] Fmr. Sen. George McGovern (D-SD), 1972 Democratic Presidential Nominee[45] Fmr. Sen. John Melcher (D-MT)[46] Fmr. Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA)[33] Fmr. Sen. Larry Pressler (R-SD)[47] Fmr. Sen. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (I-CT), (RCT, while in office)[48] Fmr. Sen. Harris Wofford (D-PA)[49] footnote] • • • • • • • • • • U.S. Representatives Current • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)[50] Gary Ackerman (D-NY)[51] Tom Allen (D-ME)[52] Jason Altmire (D-PA)[53] Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ)[54] Michael Arcuri (D-NY)[51] Brian Baird (D-WA)[55] John Barrow (D-GA)[56] Joe Baca (D-CA)[57] Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)[58] Melissa Bean (D-IL)[59] Xavier Becerra (D-CA)[60] Shelley Berkley (D-NV)[61] Howard Berman (D-CA)[62] Marion Berry (D-AR)[63] Sanford Bishop (D-GA) [64] Timothy Bishop (D-NY)[51] Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) [65] Rick Boucher (D-VA)[66] Bob Brady (D-PA)[67] Bruce Braley (D-IA)[68] Corrine Brown (D-FL) [69] Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO)[59] Rep. André Carson (D-IN)[75] Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL)[76] Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY)[77] Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)[51] Rep. William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D-MO)[78] Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Majority Whip[79] Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)[80] Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)[78] Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)[59] Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA)[74] Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL)[59] Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)[81] Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY)[51] Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)[82] Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)[78][83] Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL)[78] Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL)[78][84] Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)[85] Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)[86] Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO)[87] Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) [88] Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)[89] Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA) [90] Rep. John Dingell (D-MI)[91] Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)[92] Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-IN)[93] Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA)[94] Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)[95] Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD)[96] Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)[78][83][97] Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)[98] Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN)[99] Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)[51] Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)[100] Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC)[101] Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)[102] Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA)[78][103] Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA)[102] Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) [104] Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ)[102] Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)[51] Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)[105] Rep. Al Green (D-TX)[78] Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)[106] Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)[59] Rep. John Hall (D-NY)[51] Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL)[59] Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) [69] 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA)[140] Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)[65] Rep. David Obey (D-WI)[141] Rep. John Olver (D-MA)[142] Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)[82] Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)[143] Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-NJ)[86] Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Speaker of the House Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)[144] Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN)[145] Rep. David Price (D-NC)[146] Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)[147] Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)[148] Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), House Ways and Means Committee chairman[51] Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)[149] Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)[63] Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ)[59] Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)[150] Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL)[78] Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH)[151] Rep. John Salazar (D-CO)[152] Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA)[153] Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD)[102] Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)[154] Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)[155] Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)[156] Rep. David Scott (D-GA)[157] Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)[158] Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY)[51] Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) [159] Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)[160] Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)[83][161] Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)[51] Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR)[63] Rep. Zack Space (D-OH)[162] Rep. John Spratt (D-SC)[163] Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA)[164] Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI)[102] Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH)[165] Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)[166] Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)[167] Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY)[51] Rep. Nikki Tsongas (D-MA)[168] Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)[169] Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO)[152] Rep. Tom Udall (D-NM)[170] Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)[171] Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY)[51] Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-IN)[172] Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN)[173] Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) [69] • Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (DSD)[107] • Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY)[51] • Rep. Baron Hill (D-IN)[108] • Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)[51] • Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)[82] • Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)[109][110] • Rep. Paul Hodes (D-NH)[111] • Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)[102] • Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-OR)[112] • Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Majority Leader[113] • Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) [90] • Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)[51] • Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)[114] • Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)[115] • Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)[116] • Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)[78] • Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI)[117] • Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI)[118] • Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI)[91] • Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI)[119] • Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)[120] • Rep. Ron Klein (D-FL)[102] • Rep. James Langevin (D-RI)[121] • Rep. John Larson (D-CT)[122] • Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)[123] • Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)[78] • Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI)[91] • Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)[124] • Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL)[125] • Rep. David Loebsack (D-IA)[126] • Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)[127] • Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY)[51] • Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)[51] • Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT)[128] • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)[51] • Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)[129] • Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)[130] • Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA)[102] • Rep. Michael McNulty (D-NY)[51] • Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)[131] • Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) [69] • Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)[51] • Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)[132] • Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC)[133] • Rep. George Miller (D-CA)[134] • Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-AZ)[135] • Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV)[136] • Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS)[137] • Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)[78] • Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA)[138] • Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT)[122] • Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA)[59] • Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)[51] • Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA)[139] • Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)[174] • Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC)[146] 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)[62] Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)[51] Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT)[175] Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)[59] Rep. Charlie Wilson (D-OH)[176] Rep. David Wu (D-OR)[177] Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)[178] Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) (nonvoting Delegate)[179] • Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS) (non-voting Delegate)[180] • Rep. Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU) (nonvoting Delegate)[181] • • • • • • • • List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • • • • • • • • • • • Gov. Gov. Gov. Gov. Gov. Gov. Gov. Gov. Gov. Gov. Gov. Christine Gregoire (D-WA) [207] Brad Henry (D-OK) [208][209] John de Jongh (D-VI) [210] Tim Kaine (D-VA) [211] Janet Napolitano (D-AZ) [212] Deval Patrick (D-MA) [213] Bill Richardson (D-NM) [214] Bill Ritter (D-CO)[102] Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS) [215] Brian Schweitzer (D-MT)[7] Phil Bredesen (D-TN) [216] Former • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Fmr. Fmr. Fmr. Fmr. Fmr. Fmr. Fmr. Fmr. [223] Former • Fmr. Rep. John B. Anderson (I-IL), (R-IL while in office) [182] • Fmr. Rep. Berkley Bedell (D-IA)[183] • Fmr. Rep. David Bonior (D-MI)[184] • Fmr. Rep. Brad Carson (D-OK), Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense[185] • Fmr. Rep. Don Edwards (D-CA)[186] • Fmr. Rep. Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY), 1984 Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee[187] • Fmr. Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN), Vice Chairman of the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group[188][189] • Fmr. Rep. Ken Hechler (D-WV), former West Virginia Secretary of State[190] • Fmr. Rep. Andrew Jacobs (D-IN)[191] • Fmr. Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA)[192] • Fmr. Rep. Mel Levine (D-CA)[155] • Fmr. Rep. Ken Lucas (D-KY)[193] • Fmr. Rep. Romano L. Mazzoli (D-KY)[194] • Fmr. Rep. Pete McCloskey (D-CA) (R-CA while in office) [195] • Fmr. Rep. Abner J. Mikva (D-IL), former White House Counsel under President Clinton; Chief Judge, DC Court of Appeals[196] • Fmr. Rep. Major Owens (D-NY)[197] • Fmr. Rep. Tim Roemer (D-IN), Member of the 9/11 Commission[198] • Fmr. Rep. Mike Ward (D-KY)[193] • Fmr. Rep. Howard Wolpe (D-MI)[196] • Fmr. Rep. Albert Wynn (D-MD)[199] Gov. Gov. Gov. Gov. Gov. Gov. Gov. Gov. Cecil Andrus (D-ID) [217] David Boren (D-OK)[33] Hugh L. Carey (D-NY) [218] Arne Carlson (R-MN) [219] Richard Codey (D-NJ) [220] John J. Gilligan (D-OH) [221] Bob Graham (D-FL)[222] Walter Joseph Hickel (I-AK) • • • • • • • Fmr. Gov. Jim Hodges (D-SC) [224] Fmr. Gov. Linwood Holton (R-VA) [225] Fmr. Gov. Philip H. Hoff (D-VT) [226] Fmr. Gov. John Kitzhaber (D-OR) [227] Fmr. Gov. Tony Knowles (D-AK) [228] Fmr. Gov. Ray Mabus (D-MS), former United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia[229] Fmr. Gov. Barbara Roberts (D-OR) [227] Fmr. Gov. Roy Romer (D-CO)[230] Fmr. Gov. Mark Warner (D-VA)[231] Fmr. Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (I-CT) [48] Fmr. Gov. William Weld (R-MA)[232] Fmr. Gov. Mark White (D-TX) [233] Fmr. Gov. Douglas Wilder (D-VA) [234] Presidential staff and advisors • Ken Adelman, current member of the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board; former advisor to President Ronald Reagan; former Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; former deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations[235] • Madeleine Albright, Former Secretary of State [236] • Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor [237] • Warren Christopher, former Secretary of State under Bill Clinton[238] • Greg Craig, former Assistant to the President and Director of Policy Planning, State Department[196] Governors Current • • • • • Gov. Gov. Gov. Gov. Gov. Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (D-PR) [200][201] Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) [202] Chet Culver (D-IA) [203][204] Jim Doyle (D-WI) [205] Dave Freudenthal (D-WY) [206] 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • William M. Daley, former Secretary of Commerce [239] • Kenneth Duberstein, former chief of staff (1988–1989) of Ronald Reagan[240] • Charles Fried, former Solicitor General under Ronald Reagan and former McCain Campaign Advisor[241] • Bob Gee, former United States Assistant Secretary of Energy under Bill Clinton [242] List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • Gayle Smith, former Special Assistant to the President, National Security Council[196] • Ted Sorensen, President John F. Kennedy’s top advisor and speechwriter [257] • Eric Holder, former Deputy Attorney General [196] • Douglas Kmiec, legal counsel to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and co-chairman of Romney’s Committee for the Courts and the Constitution[243][244][245][246] • Noel Koch, former Special Assistant to President Nixon; former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs[196] • Lawrence Korb, former Assistant Secretary of Defense[196] • Anthony Lake, former National Security Advisor under Bill Clinton[196] • Robert Litt, former Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General; US Attorney[196] • Jan Lodal, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense[196] • Scott McClellan, former White House Press Secretary under George W. Bush [247] • Tara Sonenshine, former Special Assistant to the President, National Security Council[196] • Lawrence Summers, former Secretary of the Treasury[258] • David Wilhelm, President Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign chairman[259] Military • John Adams, Brigadier General US Army (Ret), Former Deputy US Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee [260] • Clifford Alexander, Jr., former Secretary of the Army[196] • Susan Ahn Cuddy, first female gunner officer in the U.S. Navy and daughter of Korean Independence fighter Ahn Changho[261] • Wesley Clark, former General, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, 2004 presidential candidate[63] • Tom Daniels, Texas Air National Guard[196] • Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy[196] • Larry Gillespie, Brigadier General (Ret), Assistant Deputy Commanding General, (ARNG) Army Material Command[262] • Scott Gration Major General (USAF-Ret), former Director of Strategy, Policy, and Assessments of the United States European Command in Germany[262] • Donald Joseph Guter, former Judge Advocate General of the Navy, current Dean, Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh[196][262] • Richard D. Hearney, former Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps[196] • John Hutson, former Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy[263] • Jeh Johnson, former General Counsel of the U.S. Air Force[196] • Lester Lyles, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force[196] • David McGinnis, Brigadier General (Ret), former Chief of Staff of the National Guard Association of the U.S.[262] • Angela E. Oh, former member, of the "President’s Initiative on Race"[248] • Paul O’Neill, former Secretary of the Treasury under George W. Bush[249] • Federico Peña, former Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Energy under Bill Clinton [250] • Colin Powell, Former Secretary of State under George W. Bush [251][252] • Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton[253][254] • Susan E. Rice, former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs [239] • Robert Rubin, former Secretary of the Treasury[255] • Bill Ruckelshaus, First Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under Richard Nixon[256] • David Scheffer, former Ambassador-atLarge for War Crimes Issues [196] • Sarah Sewell, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense[196] 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • Alice Dear, former U.S. Executive Director of African Development Bank[196] • William H. Donaldson, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, appointed by George W. Bush[268] • Michael Froman, Chief of Staff and Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Treasury and National Security Council Staff Member[196] • Tony Gambino, former Mission Director, USAID, Democratic Republic of the Congo[196] • Tobi Gati, former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research; Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasian Affairs, National Security Council[196] • Robert S. Gelbard, former Presidential Envoy for the Balkans; Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement; Ambassador to Indonesia; and Ambassador to Bolivia[196] • John J. Gibbons, former federal appeals court judge[269] • Matthew Goodman, former Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council[196] • Philip Gordon, former Director, European Affairs, National Security Council[196] • Scott Gould, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Management[196] • Scott Gration, former Director for Strategy, Policy and Planning, U.S. European Command[196] • Gabriel Guerra-Mondragón, former United States Ambassador to Chile[270] • John Holum, former Director of ACDA and Undersecretary State for Arms Control and International Security[196] • Vicki Huddleston, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to Mali and Madagascar, Chief of Mission to Cuba and Ethiopia[196] • Paul Igasaki, fmr. Vice Chair and Commissioner of the "U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission"[248] • Paul G. Kirk, Jr., former Democratic National Committee Chairman 1985-1988[271] • Arthur Levitt, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, appointed by Bill Clinton[268] • David Lipton, former Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs[196] • Merrill A. McPeak, four star General (Ret), former Secretary of the United States Air Force during Operation Desert Storm, [262][264][265] • John B. Nathman (Ret), former Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Vice Chief of Naval Operations[196][262] • F. Whitten Peters, former Secretary of the Air Force[196] • Hugh Robinson, Major General (Ret), Commander of the Southwestern Division[262] • James Smith, Brigadier General (USAFRet), former Commander, Joint Warfighting Center, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Joint Training Analysis and Simulation Center[196][262] • Colin Powell, General (Ret), former General in the United States Army, National Security Advisor (1987–1989), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–1993) and Secretary of State (2001-2005)[262] National political figures • Joe Andrew, former Democratic National Committee Chairman 1999-2001[266] • Jeffrey Bader, former U.S. Ambassador to Namibia and Fmr. Assistant Office of the United States Trade Representative for Asia[196] • Henri Barkey, former member of U.S. Department of State Policy Planning and Professor of Lehigh University[196] • David Birenbaum, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. for Management and Reform[196] • Esther Brimmer, former member of U.S. Department of State Policy Planning[196] • Art Brown, former National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and Chief of CIA’s East Asian Operations Division[196] • Mark Brzezinski, former Director of European Affairs of National Security Council[196] • James Burns, former Chief Judge of the state Intermediate Court of Appeals[267] • Joseph Cirincione, Vice President for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress[196] • Bonnie Cohen, former Undersecretary of State for Management[196] • Ivo H. Daalder, former Director, European Affairs, National Security Council[196] 6 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • Bloomington, Indiana Mayor Mark Kruzan (D-IN)[280] • Bluffton, Indiana Mayor Ted Ellis (DIN)[280] • Boise, Idaho Mayor David H. Bieter (DID)[284] • Bolton, North Carolina Mayor Frank Wilson (D-NC)[276] • Boone, North Carolina Mayor Loretta Clawson (D-NC)[278] • Brownsville, Texas Mayor Pat Ahumada (D-TX)[285] • Camp Hill, Pennsylvania Mayor Lou Thieblemont (D-PA), (formerly R-PA)[286] • Carrboro, North Carolina Mayor Mark H. Chilton (D-NC)[278] • Cary, North Carolina Mayor Harold Weinbrecht (D-NC)[278] • Chapel Hill, North Carolina Mayor Kevin Foy (D-NC)[278] • Chicago, Illinois Mayor Richard M. Daley (D-IL)[287] • Cincinnati, Ohio Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D-OH)[288] • Cleveland, Ohio Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D-OH)[289] • Clinton, Indiana Mayor Jerry Hawkins (DIN)[280] • Columbia City, Indiana Mayor Jim Fleck (D-IN)[280] • Columbus, Ohio Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D-OH)[290] • Conetoe, North Carolina Mayor Linda Ingram (D-NC)[276] • Creedmoor, North Carolina Mayor Darryl Moss (D-NC)[276] • Cumberland, Rhode Island Mayor Daniel McKee (D-RI)[291] • Dayton, Ohio Mayor Rhine McLin (DOH)[292] • Des Moines, Iowa Mayor Frank Cownie (D-IA)[293] • Dover, North Carolina Mayor Malcolm Johnson (D-NC)[276] • Dunn, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem N. Carnell Robinson (D-NC)[276] • Durham, North Carolina Mayor Bill Bell (D-NC)[294] • Durham, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Cora McFadden (D-NC)[276] • East Arcadia, North Carolina Mayor Perry Blanks (D-NC)[276] • Edinburg, Texas Mayor Joe Ochoa (DTX)[285] • Edison, New Jersey Mayor Jun Choi (DNJ)[295] • Frank Loy, former Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs[196] • Terry McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee Chairman 2001-2005[272] • Donald McHenry, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations[196] • Norman Mineta, former U.S. Rep. (D-CA), mayor of San Jose, United States Secretary of Transportation and United States Secretary of Commerce[186] • Newton N. Minow, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission[273] • Alfred H. Moses, former United States Ambassador to Romania[196] • Nick Rey, former United States Ambassador to Poland[196] • David Ruder, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, appointed by Ronald Reagan[268] • Witney Schneidman, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs[196] • Dan Shapiro, former Director, National Security Council[196] • Mona Sutphen, former Special Assistant to the National Security Advisor[196] • Jim Vermillion, former Mission Director, USAID, Nicaragua[196] • Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve[268][274] • Patricia Wald, former Chief Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit[275] Mayors Current • Ahoskie, North Carolina Mayor Linda Blackburn (D-NC)[276] • Anderson, South Carolina Mayor Terence Roberts (D-SC)[277] • Asheville, North Carolina Mayor Terry Bellamy (D-NC)[278] • Atlanta, Georgia Mayor Shirley Franklin (D-GA) [279] • Angola, Indiana Mayor Dick Hickman (DIN)[280] • Austin, Texas Mayor Will Wynn (D-TX)[281] • Baltimore, Maryland Mayor Sheila Dixon (D-MD)[282] • Batesville, Indiana Mayor Richard Fledderman (D-IN)[280] • Beckley, West Virginia Mayor Emmett Pugh (D-WV)[283] 7 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • Navassa, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Jerry Merrick (D-NC)[276] • New Haven, Connecticut Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. (D-CT)[309][310] • New Orleans, Louisiana Mayor Ray Nagin (D-LA)[311] • Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker (D-NJ)[312] • Northwest, North Carolina Mayor James Knox (D-NC)[276] • North Vernon, Indiana Mayor Harold Campbell (D-IN)[280] • Omaha, Nebraska Mayor Mike Fahey (DNE)[313] • Pittsboro, North Carolina Mayor Randolph Voller (D-NC)[276] • Raleigh, North Carolina Mayor Charles Meeker (D-NC)[278] • Reading, Pennsylvania Mayor Tom McMahon (D-PA)[314] • Roper, North Carolina Mayor Estelle Sanders (D-NC)[276] • San Antonio, Texas Mayor Phil Hardberger (D-TX)[285] • Sandyfield, North Carolina Mayor Perry Dixon (D-NC)[276] • San Francisco, California Mayor Gavin Newsom (D-CA)[315] • Scotland Neck, North Carolina Mayor James Mill Sr. (D-NC)[276] • Seaboard, North Carolina Mayor Melvin Broadnax (D-NC)[276] • Seattle, Washington Mayor Greg Nickels (D-WA)[316] • Sedalia, North Carolina Mayor Howard Morgan (D-NC)[276] • South Bend, Indiana Mayor Steve Luecke (D-IN)[317] • Southfield, Michigan Mayor Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI)[318] • Speed, North Carolina Mayor Wilbert Harrison (D-NC)[276] • Spring Lake, North Carolina Mayor Ethel Clark (D-NC)[276] • Snow Hill, North Carolina Mayor Donald Davis (D-NC)[276] • Sullivan, Indiana Mayor Scott Biddle (DIN)[280] • Tampa, Florida Mayor Pam Iorio (DFL)[319] • Wagram, North Carolina Mayor Betty Gholston (D-NC)[276] • Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty (DDC)[320] • Weldon, North Carolina Mayor George Draper Jr. (D-NC)[276] • Enfield, North Carolina Mayor Warnie Bishop (D-NC)[276] • Evansville, Indiana Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel (D-IN)[296] • Fairbanks, Alaska Mayor Jim Whitaker (RAK) [297] • Flint, Michigan Mayor Don Williamson (DMI)[298] • Garrett, Indiana Mayor David Wiant (DIN)[280] • Gary, Indiana Mayor Rudolph Clay (DIN)[280] • Garysburg, North Carolina Mayor Roy Bell (D-NC)[276] • Goshen, Indiana Mayor Allan Kauffman (D-IN)[280] • Greendale, Indiana Mayor Doug Hedrick (D-IN)[280] • Greensboro, North Carolina Mayor Yvonne Johnson (D-NC)[299] • Greenville, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Mildred Council (D-NC)[276] • Hertford, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Horace Reid (D-NC)[276] • Honolulu, Hawaii Mayor Mufi Hannemann (D-HI)[300] • Jersey City, New Jersey Mayor Jerramiah Healy (D-NJ)[295] • Lincoln, Nebraska Mayor Chris Beutler (DNE)[301] • Lancaster, Pennsylvania Mayor Rick Gray (D-PA)[302] • Las Cruces, New Mexico Mayor Ken Miyagishima[303] • Laurinburg, North Carolina Mayor Matthew Block (D-NC)[276] • Lewiston Woodville, North Carolina Mayor Carl Lee Sr. (D-NC)[276] • Long Beach, California Mayor Bob Foster (D-CA)[304] • Madisonville, Kentucky Mayor Will Cox (DKY)[193] • Mansfield, Ohio Mayor Donald Culliver (DOH)[305] • Michigan City, Indiana Mayor Chuck Oberlie (D-IN)[280] • Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mayor Tom Barrett (D-WI)[306] • Minneapolis, Minnesota Mayor RT Rybak (D-MN)[307] • Missoula, Montana Mayor John Engen (DMT)[308] • Monroe, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Phil Bazemore (D-NC)[276] • Navassa, North Carolina Mayor Eulis Willis (D-NC)[276] 8 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • West Hollywood, California Mayor John Duran (D-CA)[155] • Windsor, North Carolina Mayor Robert Spivey (D-NC)[276] • Winston-Salem, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Vivian Burke (D-NC)[276] • York, Pennsylvania Mayor John S. Brenner (D-PA)[302] • Youngstown, Ohio Mayor Jay Williams (DOH)[321] List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • Fmr. Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry (D-DC)[329] • Fmr. West Lafayette, Indiana Mayor Sonya Margerum (D-IN)[280] State, local and territory officials Newspaper endorsements See also: Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential primaries, 2008 and Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential election, 2008 These newspapers have endorsed Barack Obama’s general election run: • Akron Beacon Journal newspaper in Akron, Ohio[330] • Anchorage Daily News newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska[331] • Arlington Heights Daily Herald newspaper in Arlington Heights, Illinois[330] • The Asheville Citizen-Times newspaper in Asheville, North Carolina[332] • Asbury Park Press newspaper in Asbury Park, New Jersey[330] • Aspen Daily News newspaper in Aspen, Colorado[333] • Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia[330] • Austin American-Statesman newspaper in Austin, Texas[330] • Bangor News newspaper in Bangor, Maine[330] • The Blade newspaper in Toledo, Ohio[332] • The Boston Globe newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts[334] • Brunswick Times Record newspaper in Brunswick, Maine[330] • Buffalo News newspaper in Buffalo, New York[330] • Cabinet Press newspaper in Milford, New Hampshire[330] • Canton Repository newspaper in Canton, Ohio[330] • Charleston Gazette newspaper in Charleston, West Virginia[330] • Charlotte Observer newspaper in Charlotte, North Carolina[330] • Chattanooga Times newspaper in Chattanooga, Tennessee[330] • Chicago Sun-Times newspaper in Chicago, Illinois[335] • The Chicago Tribune newspaper in Chicago, Illinois[336] Former • Fmr. Asheville, North Carolina Mayor Leni Sinick (D-NC)[276] • Fmr. Austin, Texas Mayor Kirk Watson (DTX)[322] • Fmr. Bloomington, Indiana Mayor John Fernandez (D-IN)[280] • Fmr. Bowling Green, Kentucky Mayor Patsy Sloan (D-KY)[193] • Fmr. Brownsville, Texas Mayor Ygnacio "Nacho" Garza (D-TX)[285] • Fmr. Brownsville, Texas Mayor Blanca Sanchez Vela (D-TX)[285] • Fmr. Brownsville, Texas Mayor Eddie Treviño Jr. (D-TX)[285] • Fmr. Cleveland, Ohio Mayor Michael R. White (D-OH)[323] • Fmr. Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Harvey Gantt (D-NC)[324] • Fmr. Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Richard Gusler (D-NC)[325] • Fmr. Dallas, Texas Mayor Ron Kirk (DTX)[116][326] • Fmr. Denver, Colorado Mayor and Secretary of Energy Federico Peña (DCO)[250] • Fmr. Detroit, Michigan Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D-MI)[119] • Fmr. Fort Wayne, Indiana Mayor Graham Richard (D-IN)[280] • Fmr. Goshen, Indiana Mayor Mike Puro (D-IN)[280] • Fmr. Greensboro, North Carolina Mayor Keith Holiday (D-NC)[276] • Fmr. Harlingen, Texas Mayor Randy Whittington (D-TX)[327] • Fmr. Lexington, Kentucky Mayor Pam Miller (D-KY)[193] • Fmr. Navassa, North Carolina Mayor Lewis Brown (D-NC)[276] • Fmr. New York City Mayor Ed Koch (DNY)[328] • Fmr. Raleigh, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem James West (D-NC)[276] 9 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio[330] • Columbia Daily Tribune newspaper in Columbia, Missouri[330] • The Columbian newspaper in Vancouver, Washington[330] • Commercial Appeal newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee[330] • Concord Monitor newspaper in Concord, New Hampshire[330] • The Contra Costa Times newspaper in Walnut Creek, California[332] • Cortez Journal newspaper in Cortez, Colorado[330] • The Daily Breeze newspaper in Torrance, California[330] • Dayton Daily News newspaper in Dayton, Ohio[332] • Daytona Beach News Journal newspaper in Daytona Beach, Florida[330] • The Denver Post newspaper in Denver, Colorado[330] • Detroit Free Press newspaper in Detroit, Michigan[330] • Durham Herald Sun newspaper in Durham, North Carolina[330] • The Durango Herald newspaper in Durango, Colorado[330] • The Eagle newspaper in College Station, Texas[337] • East Oregonian newspaper in Pendleton, Oregon[330] • The Economist magazine[330] • El Diario/La Prensa newspaper in New York, New York[330] • Esquire magazine [338] • Express-Times newspaper in Easton, Pennsylvania[330] • Falls Church News Press newspaper in Falls Church, Virginia[330] • Fort Wayne Journal Gazette newspaper in Fort Wayne, Indiana[330] • Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper in Fort Worth, Texas[339] • Fremont Argus newspaper in Fremont, California[330] • The Fresno Bee newspaper in Fresno, California[332] • Gainesville Sun newspaper in Gainesville, FL[330] • Greenville Daily Reflector newspaper in Greenville, North Carolina[330] • The Gunnison County Times newspaper in Gunnison, Colorado[330] • The Hawk Eye newspaper in Burlington, Iowa[330] List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • Hayward Daily Review newspaper in Hayward, California[330] • Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper in Honolulu, Hawaii[330] • The Houston Chronicle newspaper in Houston, Texas. [340] • Idaho Statesman newspaper in Boise, Idaho[330] • The Joplin Globe newspaper in Joplin, Missouri[341] • Kansas City Star newspaper in Kansas City, Missouri[330] • Kenosha News newspaper in Kenosha, Wisconsin[330] • La Opinion newspaper in Los Angeles, California[330] • Las Cruces Sun-News newspaper in Las Cruces, New Mexico[330] • Las Vegas Sun newspaper in Las Vegas, Nevada[330] • Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper in Lexington, Kentucky[330] • Long Beach Press Telegram newspaper in Long Beach, California[330] • Los Angeles Daily News newspaper in Los Angeles, California[330] • Los Angeles Times newspaper in Los Angeles, California[342] • Lufkin Daily News newspaper in Lufkin, Texas[330] • Mail Tribune newspaper in Medford, Oregon[330] • Marin Independent Journal newspaper in Marin County, California[330] • Mason City Globe-Gazettte newspaper in Mason City, Iowa[330] • Miami Herald newspaper in Miami, Florida[330] • Michigan Chronicle newspaper in Detroit, Michigan[330] • The Monterey County Herald newspaper in Monterey, California[332] • Muskegon Chronicle newspaper in Muskegon, Michigan[330] • Naples Daily News newspaper in Naples, Florida[330] • Nashua Telegraph newspaper in Nashua, New Hampshire[330] • The New Bedford Standard-Times newspaper in Massachusetts[332] • The New Yorker magazine in New York City, New York[343] • New York Daily News newspaper in New York City, New York [344] • New York Times newspaper in New York City, New York[345] 10 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • News and Observer newspaper in Raleigh, North Carolina[330] • Oakland Tribune newspaper in Oakland, California[330] • The Olympian newspaper in Olympia, Washington[330] • The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon[330] • Orlando Sentinel newspaper in Orlando, Florida[330] • Ouray Plaindealer newspaper in Ouray, Colorado[330] • Palladium-Item newspaper in Richmond, Indiana[330] • Palm Beach Post newspaper in Palm Beach, Florida[330] • Pasadena Star News newspaper in Pasadena, California[330] • Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[330] • The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[332] • The Quad City Times newspaper in the Quad Cities, Iowa and Illinois[346] • The Record newspaper in Stockton, California[347] • Register-Guard newspaper in Eugene, Oregon[330] • "The Reno Gazette-Journal" newspaper in Reno, Nevada[330] • Rockford Register Star newspaper in Rockford, Illinois[330] • The Sacramento Bee newspaper in Sacramento, California[332] • The Salt Lake Tribune newspaper in Salt Lake City, Utah[348] • San Bernardino County Sun newspaper in San Bernardino, California[332] • San Francisco Chronicle newspaper in San Francisco, California[330] • San Gabriel Valley Tribune newspaper in San Gabriel, California[330] • San Joaquin Herald newspaper in San Joaquin County, California[330] • San Jose Mercury News newspaper in San Jose, California[330] • San Mateo County Times newspaper in San Mateo County, California[330] • Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper in Santa Cruz, California[330] • Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper in Santa Fe, New Mexico[330] • Santa Monica Mirror newspaper in Santa Monica, California[349] • Sarasota Herald Tribune newspaper in Sarasota, Florida[330] List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper in Seattle, Washington[330] • The Seattle Times newspaper in Seattle, Washington[350] • Shepard Express newspaper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin • Springfield News Sun newspaper in Springfield, Ohio[330] • St. Cloud Times newspaper in St. Cloud, Minnesota[330] • St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri[332] • St. Petersburg Times newspaper in St. Petersburg, Florida[332] • Standard-Times newspaper in Portland, Maine[330] • The Star-News newspaper in Wilmington, North Carolina[330] • Statesman Journal newspaper in Salem, Oregon[330] • Stockton Record newspaper in Stockton, California[330] • Storm Lake Times newspaper in Storm Lake, Iowa[330] • The Tennessean newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee[332] • Times-Reporter newspaper in Dover, Ohio[330] • Toledo Blade newspaper in Toledo, Ohio[330] • The Tri-City Herald newspaper in Kennewick, Washington[330] • Tri-Valley Herald newspaper in Pleasanton, California[330] • Tuscaloosa News newspaper in Tuscaloosa, Alabama[330] • VIBE magazine [351] • Walla Walla Union-Bulletin newspaper in Walla Walla, Washington[330] • Walnut Creek Journal newspaper in Walnut Creek, California[330] • The Washington Post newspaper in Washington, DC[352] • The Wisconsin State Journal newspaper in Wisconsin[332] • Yakima Herald-Republic newspaper in Yakima, Washington[330] Academics Economists • Jared Bernstein, Economic Policy Institute labor economist [353] • J. Bradford DeLong, Professor at the University of California, Berkeley; macroeconomist[354][355] 11 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Ray Fair, Professor at Yale School of Management; macroeconomist[356] • Jason Furman[357] • Daniel McFadden, 2000 Nobel laureate[358] • Laurence H. Meyer, Federal Reserve Governor 1996-2002[359] • Edmund Phelps, 2006 Nobel laureate[360] • Amartya Sen, 1998 Nobel laureate[361] • Robert Solow, 1987 Nobel laureate [362] • Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel laureate[360] List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • Paul Berg (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1980)[363] • Eric R. Kandel (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2000)[363] • J. Michael Bishop (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1989)[363] • Walter Kohn (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1998)[363] • Nicolaas Bloembergen (Nobel Laureate Physics 1981)[363] • Roger Kornberg (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2006)[363] • Michael S. Brown (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1985)[363] • Leon M. Lederman (Nobel Laureate Physics 1988)[363] • Linda B. Buck (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2004)[363] • Craig C. Mello (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2006)[363] • Mario R. Capecchi (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2007)[363] • Oliver Smithies (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2007)[363] • Marshall Nirenberg (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1968)[365] • Stanley Cohen (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1986)[363] • Douglas D. Osheroff (Nobel Laureate Physics 1996)[363] • Leon Cooper (Nobel Laureate Physics 1972)[363] • Stanley B. Prusiner (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1997)[363] • James W. Cronin (Nobel Laureate Physics 1980)[363] • Norman F. Ramsey (Nobel Laureate Physics 1989)[363] • Robert F. Curl (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1996)[363] • Robert Richardson (Nobel Laureate Physics 1996)[363] • Johann Deisenhofer (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1988)[363] • Burton Richter (Nobel Laureate Physics 1976)[363] • John B. Fenn (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2002)[363] • Sherwood Rowland (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1995)[363] • Edmond H. Fischer (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1992)[363] • Oliver Smithies (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2007)[363] • Val Fitch (Nobel Laureate Physics 1980)[363] Scientists • Peter Agre, Nobel Prize-winning scientist (Chemistry 2003)[363][363] • Don Lamb, University of Chicago astrophysicist and former NASA scientist[363] • Sharon Long, former dean of Stanford University’s School of Humanities & Science[363] • Gilbert Omenn, Professor of internal medicine, human genetics and public health at the University of Michigan [363] • Peter Norvig (Director of Research, Google) [364] • Harold Varmus, Nobel Prize-winning scientist (Medicine 1989) [363] • Alexei Abrikosov (Nobel Laureate Physics 2003)[363] • Roger Guillemin (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1977)[363] • John L. Hall (Nobel Laureate Physics 2005)[363] • Sidney Altman(Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1989)[363] • Leland H. Hartwell (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2001)[363] • Philip W. Anderson (Nobel Laureate Physics 1977)[363] • Dudley Herschbach (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1986)[363] • Richard Axel (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2004)[363] • Roald Hoffmann (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1981)[363] • David Baltimore (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1975)[363] • H. Robert Horvitz (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2002)[363] • Baruj Benacerraf (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1980)[363] • Louis Ignarro (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1998)[363] 12 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Richard Schrock (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2005)[363] • Jerome I. Friedman (Nobel Laureate Physics 1990)[363] • Joseph H. Taylor Jr. (Nobel Laureate Physics 1993)[363] • Riccardo Giacconi (Nobel Laureate Physics 2002)[363] • E. Donnall Thomas (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1990)[363] • Walter Gilbert (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1980)[363] • Charles H. Townes (Nobel Laureate Physics 1964)[363] • Alfred G. Gilman (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1994)[363] • Daniel C. Tsui (Nobel Laureate Physics 1998)[363] • Donald A. Glaser (Nobel Laureate Physics 1960)[363] • Sheldon Glashow (Nobel Laureate Physics 1979)[363] • James D. Watson(Nobel Laureate Medicine1962)[363] • Joseph Goldstein(Nobel Laureate Medicine 1985)[363] • Eric Wieschaus(Nobel Laureate Medicine 1995)[363] • Paul Greengard(Nobel Laureate Medicine 2000)[363] • Frank Wilczek(Nobel Laureate Physics 2004)[363] • David Gross(Nobel Laureate Physics 2004)[363] • Nathan S Woolsey(Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2012)[363] • Robert W. Wilson(Nobel Laureate Physics 1978)[363] • Robert H. Grubbs (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2005)[363] • Martin Chalfie (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2008)[366] List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 chairman of President Bill Clinton’s Initiative on Race in 1999, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995.[371] Francis Fukuyama, Professor of International Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University[372] Alice Kessler-Harris, R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History at Columbia University [368] William R. Harvey, President, Hampton University [373] Scott Kurashige, associate professor of American Culture, History, and Asian/ Pacific Islander American Studies at the University of Michigan[374] Lawrence Lessig, Professor at Stanford Law School [375] Grande Lum, Lecturer on negotiation at University of California, Berkeley Law School [376] Manning Marable, Professor of Public Affairs, History and African-American Studies at Columbia University [377] Michael McFaul, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University [196] Michael Nacht, Dean of Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley [196] Martha Nussbaum, Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago[378] Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Geosciences, Princeton University [196] Frances Fox Piven, Professor of political science and sociology at The Graduate Center at the City University of New York [368] • • • • • • • • • • • • Other academics • Stephen B. Burbank, Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania[367] • Ellen P. Chapnick, Dean for Social Justice Initiatives at Columbia Law School [368] • Ronald Dworkin, Professor of Law and Political Philosophy at New York University[369] • Michael Eric Dyson, Professor at Georgetown University [370] • John Hope Franklin, Past president of the American Historical Association, Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University, • Samantha Power, Professor at Harvard University and Pulitzer Prize-winner [196] • Anita Ramasastry, Professor of law at the University of Washington School of Law[248] • Riordan Roett, Professor of Western Hemisphere Studies and the Latin American Studies Program of Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University [196] • Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow of Center on International Cooperation at the New York University [196] • Simon Schama, Professor of history and art history at Columbia University [379] 13 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • Ken Mok, President of 10 × 10 Entertainment[248] • Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert Murdoch and Chairman and CEO of Shine Limited[405] • Craig Newmark, founder of website Craigslist[406] • Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo [407] • Pierre Omidyar, founder/chairman of the eBay auction site[408] • Dan Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL[409] • Hilary Rosen, on-air political and business analyst[410] • Eric Schmidt, Google Chairman and CEO [411] • Laurence Tribe, Professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School [380] • Edward Tufte, Professor Emeritus of Statistics at Yale University[381] • David Victor, Professor at Stanford Law School [196] • Celeste Wallender, Professor at Georgetown University [196] • Barbara Weinstein, President of the American Historical Association [368] • Joseph B. White, President, University of Illinois [382] • Cornel West, Professor of Religion at Princeton University [383] Businesspeople • Marc Andreessen, software engineer, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and cofounder of Netscape[384] • Michael Arrington, founder and co-editor of blog TechCrunch[385] • Warren Buffett, investor and richest man in the world[386][387] • Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry’s[388][389] • Ari Emanuel, talent agent[390] • David Geffen, media executive, producer and philanthropist[391] • Nicholas A. B. Gray, owner of Gray’s Papaya hot dog restaurant in New York City[392] • Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President, and CEO of Stonyfield Farm[393][394] • Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook[395][396] • Sheila Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television[397] • Jeffrey Katzenberg, film producer and CEO of DreamWorks Animation[398] • Billy King, former general manager and team president of NBA team Philadelphia 76ers[399] • Ned Lamont, founder of Lamont Digital Systems and former Senate candidate[400] • Edward Lewis, Chairman of Essence magazine and Latina magazine[401] • Brink Lindsey, Vice President of Research for the Cato Institute and editor of Cato Unbound[402] • William Louis-Dreyfus, billionaire New York financier[270] • Craig McKenzie, sports agent[403] • Rose McKinney-James, businesswoman and consultant[404] • Alan Solomont, Massachusetts philanthropist and fund-raiser[412] • George Soros, businessman and philanthropist[413] • Leigh Steinberg, sports agent[414] • John W. Thompson, CEO of Symantec[415] • Billy Vassiliadis, CEO of R&R Partners[404][416] • David Voelker, owner and manager of Voelker Investments[417] Fashion designers • American Apparel, T-shirt manufacturer [418][419] • Tory Burch[420] • Maria Cornejo, New York City-based Chilean designer [420] • Costello Tagliapietra, Brooklyn-based dressmakers [420] • Marc Jacobs [420] • Juicy Couture [420] • Derek Lam [420] • Nanette Lepore [420] • Lutz & Patmos [420] • Isaac Mizrahi [420] • Charles Nolan [420] • Zac Posen [420] • Proenza Schouler [420] • Rag & Bone New York City-based British designers [420] • Tracy Reese [420] • Brian Reyes [420] • Narciso Rodriguez [420] • Rachel Roy [420] • Albertus Swanepoel, New York City-based South African designer [420] • Diane von Fürstenberg [420] • Alexander Wang [420] 14 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • United Auto Workers Union (national[459], Region 4[460]) • United Food and Commercial Workers (national[461], southeast, northeast and central Pennsylvania, northeast Maryland and southern New York[462]) • United Healthcare Workers West[463] • United Mine Workers[464] • United Steelworkers[465] • Utility Workers Union of America[466] Labor unions • American Federation of Government Employees[421] • American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations[422] • American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (national[423][424], Illinois[425], Oregon[426], and Pennsylvania[427]) • American Federation of Teachers[428] • American Nurses Association[429] • American Postal Workers Union[430] • American Small Business League[431] • Association of Flight Attendants[432] • Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers[433] • Change to Win Federation[434] • Culinary Workers Union Local 226[435] • Illinois Education Association[436] • Milwaukee Area Technical College faculty union[437] • International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers[438] • International Association of Fire Fighters[439] • International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers[440] • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers[441] • International Brotherhood of Teamsters[442] • International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers[443] • International Union of Painters and Allied Trades[444] • National Air Traffic Controllers Association[445] • National Association of Letter Carriers[446] • National Education Association[447] • New York City Corrections Officers’ Union[448] • Service Employees International Union (national[449], California[450], Illinois[451], Indiana[451], Kansas[451], Missouri[451], Nevada[452], Washington[453], Wisconsin[454]) • Transport Workers Union[455] • UNITE HERE[456] • United American Nurses[457] • United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada[458] Labor leaders & union officials • Larry Cohen, President of Communications Workers of America[467] • Maria Elena Durazo, Executive secretary–treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor[468] • Awais Khaleel, Vice President of the College Democrats of America[469] • Sonny Nardi, President of Teamsters Local 416 in Ohio[470] • Michael Thurmond, Georgia State Labor Commissioner[102] • Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers and the United Federation of Teachers[471] • Lauren Wolfe, President of the College Democrats of America[469] Social and political activists • Liz Abzug, co-founder and director of the Bella Abzug Leadership Institute and daughter of Bella Abzug[472] • Luis Alejo, Watsonville Planning Commission[473] • Joan Baez, singer, peace and human rights activist[474] • Tom Bernstein, lawyer, businessman and human rights activist[196] • Rev. Claude Black, Jr., civil and human rights activist[475] • Ellen Bravo, feminist activist[476] • Maria Buell, district director of League of United Latin American Citizens[473] • Shepard Fairey, street artist and activist[477][478] • Louis Farrakhan, National Representative for the Nation of Islam[479] • Jane Fonda, actress and political activist[480] • Kim Gandy, feminist activist and the President of the National Organization for Women[481] • Tom Hayden, anti-war activist, former California State Senator[482] 15 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Rev. Jesse Jackson, former Democratic presidential candidate and former shadow Senator from the District of Columbia [483] • Rev. Joseph Lowery, minister and leader in the American civil rights movement [484] List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • American Coalition of Fathers and Children[506] • American Corn Growers Association[507] • American Hunters and Shooters Association[508] • Asian American Action Fund of Greater Chicago[509] • California Legislative Black Caucus[62] • Beit Midrash Secular Yeshiva[510] • Cook County Democratic Organization[511] • Democratic Party of Illinois[511] • Development Establishment Maintenance and Refinement Institute (DEMRI)[512] • Doctors For Obama[513] • EMILY’s List[514] • Houston GLBT Political Caucus[391] • Human Rights Campaign[515] • MoveOn.Org[516] • Mexican American Political Association[517] • NARAL Pro-Choice America[518] • Pirate Party of the United States[519] • Planned Parenthood Action Fund[520] • SeniorArk.com[521] • United States Black Golfers Association[522] • CREES (Conflict Resolutions Education and Employment Services) Executive Director James E. Hooker[523] • VET PAC[524] • Omar Mercado, deputy district director of League of United Latin American Citizens[473] • Kate Michelman, pro-choice activist, former head of NARAL[485] • John Prendergast, human rights activist and former adviser to the White House and the State Department[486] • Carlos Ramos, voting-rights activist and President of the Monterey chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens[473] • Michael Ratner, human rights lawyer, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights[487] • Rusty Schweickart, space advocate, cofounder of Association of Space Explorers, and Apollo 9 astronaut[488] • Eleanor Smeal, feminist activist and the President and founder of the Feminist Majority Foundation[481] • Eric Stern, gay rights activist.[391] • Juan Uranga, director of the Center for Community Advocacy[473] • Naomi Wolf, co-founder, American Freedom Campaign[489] • Linus Torvalds, founder of Linux and open-source activist[490] Native American tribes • Crow Nation[525] • Fort Peck Indian Reservation[525] • Navajo Nation[525] Organizations Environmental organizations, Humane organizations, and Wildlife groups • Cleantech for • Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund[492] • Environment America (national[493], New Hampshire[494], New Jersey[495], New Mexico[496], Pennsylvania[497], Texas[498]) • Friends of the Earth Action[499] • Humane Society Legislative Fund[500] • League of Conservation Voters[501] • Sierra Club[502] Obama[491] Entertainment Actors and actresses • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ben Affleck[526][527] Shohreh Aghdashloo[528] Jessica Alba[529] Jennifer Aniston[530] David Arquette[531] Penn Badgley[532] Alec Baldwin[533] Eric Balfour[534] Antonio Banderas[535] Elizabeth Banks[536] Drew Barrymore[537] Jason Bateman Jennifer Beals[538] Noah Bean[539] Kristen Bell[540] Maria Bello[486] Other organizations • Air Travelers Association[503] • Alabama New South Coalition[504] • All American Patriots[505] 16 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Annette Bening[541] Halle Berry[542][543] Jessica Biel[544] Jack Black[545] Orlando Bloom[546] Zach Braff[547][548] Matthew Broderick[549] Adam Brody[550] Josh Brolin[536][551] Pierce Brosnan[398] Ellen Burstyn[552] Sophia Bush[553] Nick Cannon[554] Don Cheadle[555] Kristin Chenoweth[556] John Cleese[557] George Clooney[558] James Corden[559] Stephen Colbert[560] Note that this was a satire bit aimed at Republicans hitching their wagon on a surefire winner. Bill Cosby[561] Kevin Costner[562] Courteney Cox-Arquette[531] Daniel Craig[563] Cindy Crawford[564] Chris Crocker[565] James Cromwell[566] Alan Cumming[567] Jamie Lee Curtis[398] Tim Daly[568] Matt Damon[569][570] Ted Danson[571] Larry David[572] Rosario Dawson[573] Laura Dern[574] Robert De Niro[575] Zooey Deschanel[576] Danny Devito[577] Cameron Diaz[531] Leonardo DiCaprio[578] Taye Diggs[544] Fran Drescher[579] Kirsten Dunst[580][581] Megalyn Echikunwoke[582] Aaron Eckhart[531] Idris Elba[583] Tracee Ellis Ross[584] Isla Fisher[585] Kate Flannery[586] Jodie Foster[398] Jamie Foxx[587] Brendan Fraser[588] Morgan Freeman[589] Anna Friel[555] Jennifer Garner[590] List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Danny Glover[591] Joseph Gordon-Levitt[592] Ryan Gosling[593] Topher Grace[541] Bryan Greenberg[589] Andre Gregory[594] Andy Griffith[595] Jasmine Guy[584] Luis Guzmán[596] Mark Hamill[597] Josh Hamilton[598] Tom Hanks[599][600] Hill Harper[601] Valerie Harper[602] Anne Hathaway[573] Dennis Haysbert[528] Dulé Hill[603] Dennis Hopper[604] Kelly Hu[605] Jennifer Hudson[606] Josh Hutcherson[607] Samuel L. Jackson[534][608] Scarlett Johansson[609] Angelina Jolie[610] Rashida Jones[541] Ashley Judd[528] Brendan Kay[528] Daniel Dae Kim[186] Regina King[611] Christopher Knight[612] Michael Kostroff[613] Mila Kunis[614] Ashton Kutcher[615] Ken Leung[616] Lucy Liu[528] Blake Lively[532] Lindsay Lohan[617] Amanda Lorber[618] Nia Long[619] Eva Longoria Parker[620] George Lopez[621] Julia Louis-Dreyfus[622] Josh Lucas[541] Tobey Maguire[574] James Marsters[623] Rue McClanahan[624] Anne Meara[577] Alyssa Milano[531][625] Demi Moore[626] Julianne Moore[627] Benjamin McKenzie[621] Enrique Murciano[534] Eddie Murphy[628] Mike Ness[629] Thandie Newton[536] Cynthia Nixon[630] • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 17 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Amaury Nolasco[631] Edward Norton[569] Ed O’Neill[632] Gwyneth Paltrow[405][633] Hayden Panettiere[634][635] Sarah Jessica Parker[636] Bill Paxton[637] Mario Van Peebles[638] Amanda Peet[639] Kal Penn[582][640] Sean Penn[641] Harold Perrineau, Jr.[534] Ryan Phillippe[642] Chris Pine[643] Jada Pinkett Smith[644] Brad Pitt[645] Jeremy Piven[646] Sidney Poitier[647] Ellen Pompeo[648][649] Natalie Portman[650] Jaime Pressley[531] Dennis Quaid[564] Zachary Quinto[603] Carl Reiner[602] Ryan Reynolds[544] Nicole Richie[651] Chris Rock[652] Adam Rodriguez[653] Brandon Routh[654] Paul Rudd[655] Susan Sarandon[368] Richard Schiff[656] Johnathon Schaech[534] Martin Sheen[657] Will Smith[644][658] Phil Spector[659] Lexington Steele[660] Ben Stiller[530] Jerry Stiller[602] Meryl Streep[661] Rider Strong[662] Donald Sutherland[663] Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa[186] Charlize Theron[664] Marisa Tomei[531] Chris Tucker[665] Kathleen Turner[666] Blair Underwood[667] Wilmer Valderrama[573] Amber Valletta[653] Kate Walsh[668] Denzel Washington[669] Isaiah Washington[670] Kerry Washington[665] Wil Wheaton[671] Bradley Whitford[672] List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • • • • • James Whitmore[640] Forest Whitaker[673][674][675] Olivia Wilde[582][676] Henry Winkler[677] Alfre Woodard[584] Comedians Aziz Ansari[678] Russell Brand[679] Stephen Colbert[680] Margaret Cho[681] Will Ferrell[398] Larry Gelbart[577] Kathy Griffin[528] Chelsea Handler[682][683] John Leguizamo[621] Richard Lewis[684] Cedric the Entertainer[667] Bill Maher[685] Tracy Morgan[686] Lorne Michaels[687] Eugene Mirman[678] Sarah Silverman[398] Hal Sparks[688] Stella (Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, David Wain)[655] • Wanda Sykes[689] • Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show[598] • Jon Stewart, Creator of The Daily Show[598] • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Directors • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • J. J. Abrams[690] Lexi Alexander[691] Woody Allen[535] David Benioff[639] Ken Burns[692][693] Eric Byler[694] Jesse Dylan[695] William Friedkin[696] Todd Haynes[697] Ron Howard[398] Callie Khouri, director and Oscar-winning screenwriter (Thelma and Louise)[698] Spike Lee[699] George Lucas[573][700] James Mangold[701] Garry Marshall[602] Michael Moore[702][703] Rob Reiner[564] John Sayles[704] M. Night Shyamalan[705] Steven Spielberg[398] Oliver Stone[536] Quentin Tarantino[541] 18 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Boaz Yakin[577] List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • • • • • • • • Ben Harper[574] Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie[739] Goo Goo Dolls[640] Kim Gordon[740] Macy Gray[741] Merle Haggard[742] Scott Hansen, Musician (Tycho) and Graphic Artist (ISO50)[743] Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead (Deadheads for Obama)[744] Herbie Hancock[653] Faith Hill[745] Jennifer Hudson[746] Indigo Girls Jim James of My Morning Jacket[747] Jay Red Eagle[748] Jay-Z[699] Wyclef Jean[667] Young Jeezy[749] Stephan Jenkins[750] Jin[751] Billy Joel[752] Alicia Keys[725] Carole King[753] Beyoncé Knowles[699] Glenn Kotche of Wilco[754] Ed Kowalczyk[653] Leo Kremer[750] Kris Kristofferson[755] Amel Larrieux[756] Cyndi Lauper[757] Annie Lennox[758] Les Savy Fav[598] Jenny Lewis[576] Jennifer Lopez[541] John Legend[759] Adam Levine of Maroon 5[760] Ludacris[761] Joel Madden of Good Charlotte[651] Chris Martin of Coldplay[762] Dave Matthews[750] Master P[751] Michael McDonald[573] Tim McGraw[763] Katharine McPhee John Mellencamp[712] Mos Def[764] Nada Surf[576] Nas[765] Graham Nash[711] The National[711] Joanna Newsom[766] Ne-Yo[640] No Age[767] NOFX Models • Christie Brinkley[706] • Adrianne Curry[612] • Heidi Klum[707] Musicians • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 50 Cent[708] Arcade Fire[709] Burt Bacharach[710] Beastie Boys[711] Billie Joe Armstrong[712] Big Kenny[713] Andrew Bird[714] Biz Markie[528] The Black Keys[711] Black Thought of The Roots[715] The Breeders[711] Carrie Brownstein, guitarist for SleaterKinney[716] Chris Brown[717] Melanie Brown[528] Jimmy Buffett[718] Win Butler[719] Nick Cannon[653] Mariah Carey[720] Chris Carrabba[721] Chingy[667] Clap Your Hands Say Yeah[576] Kelly Clarkson[722] Cold War Kids[576] Natalie Cole[723] Common[724] Sean Combs[725] Harry Connick, Jr.[564] David Crosby[712] Sheryl Crow[726][727] The Decemberists[728] Tom DeLonge[729] Devo[711] Dianogah[714] Celine Dion[730] DJ Z-Trip[731] Bob Dylan[732] Eminem[733] Tabitha Elkins (jazz singer)[734] Melissa Etheridge[735] Fergie[573] The Fiery Furnaces[598] Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers[736] John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants[737] David Foster[564] Jay Jay French, guitarist for Twisted Sister[738] • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 19 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • OK Go[768] Conor Oberst[769] Aubrey O’Day[770] Don Omar, Latin recording artist[771] Pearl Jam[772] Loren Pickford[773] Q-Tip[774] Questlove of The Roots[715] R.E.M.[775] Johnathan Rice[576] Samantha Ronson[617] Rhymefest[776] Nile Rodgers[777] Pat Sansone of Wilco[754] Tom Scholz, guitarist of Boston[778] Patti Scialfa[779] Seal[564] Shakira[780] Shudder to Think[768] Silversun Pickups[576] Russell Simmons[781] Ashlee Simpson[531] Patti Smith[782] Jill Sobule[750] Bruce Springsteen[783][784] Ralph Stanley[785] Mavis Staples[786] Michael Stipe[787] Barbra Streisand[398][788] Taboo[621] James Taylor[789] Tenacious D (Jack Black and Kyle Gass)[790] Justin Timberlake[791][792] TV on the Radio[793] Jeff Tweedy of Wilco[769] Andres Useche[794] Usher[795] Vampire Weekend[711] Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie[712] Tegan and Sara[796] Joan Wasser ("Joan as Police Woman")[768] Rufus Wainwright[541] Roger Waters[797] Pete Wentz[798][799] will.i.am[653] Pharell Williams[420] Stevie Wonder[800] List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • Perez Hilton, blogger of Perezhilton.com and television personality[803] • Star Jones[573] • Kim Kardashian, stylist, apparel retailer, and television personality[804] • Yul Kwon, winner of Survivor: Cook Islands and a Korean-American entrepreneur[805] • Lisa Ling, television journalist[806] • Judith Sheindlin, family court judge for Judge Judy[807] • Emme Tomingbang, television journalist[186] • Oprah Winfrey, talk show host[808] Writers • Paul Auster[809] • Rekha Basu, columnist for Des Moines Register[810] • Judy Blume[811], popular children’s and young adult writer, author of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Superfudge, and others. • Christopher Buckley, conservative writer and satirist, son of William F. Buckley[812] • Michael Chabon[813] • Daniel Clowes[814] • Diablo Cody, Academy Award-winning screenwriter for Juno[593] • Dave Eggers[813] • Barbara Ehrenreich[815] • Jonathan Safran Foer[816] • Christopher Golden • Daniel Handler, better known under the pen name Lemony Snicket[813] • Jeffrey Hart, conservative columnist, former long-time editor at National Review[817] • Bob Herbert, columnist for The New York Times[818] • Christopher Hitchens, journalist, critic and author[819] • John Hodgman, actor and author of "The Areas of My Expertise"[820] • Khaled Hosseini, Novelist and physician[528] • Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston[821] • Margo Jefferson, Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times writer[368] • Miranda July, Author of "No One Belongs Here More Than You" and director of "Me And You And Everyone We Know"[822] • Brian Katulis, Author and Middle East expert[196] Radio personalities • Michael Smerconish, conservative talk radio host[801] • Howard Stern, radio host[802] Television personalities • Tyra Banks, talk show host[667] 20 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Garrison Keillor, Grammy Award-winning author and radio personality[823] • Stephen King[824] • Norman Mailer • John McWhorter, Author of "Losing the Race"[825] • Maxine Hong Kingston[821] • Jeff Mariotte, novelist who also wrote the Barack Obama one-shot comic book for IDW Publishing • David Mixner, writer and civil rights activist[391] • Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize recipient[826][827] • Randall Munroe, author of xkcd[828] • Ann Patchett[829] • Katha Pollitt[368][830] • Richard Powers, American novelist, National Book Award winner[831] • Janet Ritz, publisher and managing editor of The Environmentalist[832] • Philip Roth[833] • Andrew Sullivan, political commentator[834] • Studs Terkel[835] • Andrew Tobias[836] • Ayelet Waldman[813] • Alice Walker[837][838] • Chris Ware[839] • Joss Whedon[840] • Jason Whitlock, sportswriter for the Kansas City Star[841] • Roger Wilkins, civil rights leader and journalist[842] • Tobias Wolff[813] • Sherman Yellen, playwright[843] • Fareed Zakaria[844] • Jordan Shapley List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • Charlie Bell, NBA basketball player [852] • Jerome Bettis, fmr. NFL football player[853] • Chauncey Billups, NBA basketball player[854][855] • Jack Brewer, fmr. NFL football player[856] • Elijah Burke, professional wrestler[857] • Pete Carroll, coach of the USC Trojans football team[858] • Carl Crawford, MLB player[859] • Baron Davis, NBA basketball player[399] • Chris Duhon, NBA basketball player[852] • Joe Dumars, former NBA basketball player and current Pistons president[852] • Ben Eager, NHL hockey player[415] • Donnie Edwards, NFL linebacker[852] • Trent Edwards, NFL Quarterback[852] • Evan Eschmeyer, fmr. NBA basketball player[399] • Cliff Floyd, MLB player[860] • Mick Foley, professional wrestler and author[861] • Shad Gaspard, professional wrestler[862] • Jonny Gomes, MLB player[863] • Darryl Hamilton, MLB player[852] • Grant Hill, NBA basketball player and Olympic gold medalist[864] • Hulk Hogan, professional wrestler[865] • Edwin Jackson, MLB player[866] • LeBron James, NBA basketball player and Olympic gold medalist[867] • Junior Johnson, NASCAR Legend[868] • Magic Johnson, fmr. NBA basketball player[398] • Shawn Johnson, gymnast and Olympic gold medalist[869] • Michael Jordan, fmr. NBA basketball player[628] • Billie Jean King, fmr. tennis player[870] • Derrek Lee, current MLB baseball player (Chicago Cubs)[871] • Sugar Ray Leonard, former professional boxer[564] • Shawn Marion, NBA basketball player[872] • Billy Mills, Olympic gold medalist in the 10,000 meter run (1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics)[873] Marcel Miller Ohio St. Football Player • Kevin Nash, professional wrestler[874] • Joakim Noah, NBA basketball player[875] • Greg Oden, NBA basketball player[876] • Chris Paul, NBA basketball player[877] • Fernando Perez, MLB player[878] • Terry Porter, frm. NBA player and frm. Phoenix Suns head coach[852] • David Price, MLB player[879] Foreign Writers • Mark Millar, comic book writer, known for his works Wanted and The Ultimates.[845] • J. K. Rowling, Author of the Harry Potter series[846][847] • Eva Schloss, Author and Holocaust survivor, stepsister of Anne Frank[848] Athletes • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, fmr. NBA basketball player[849] • Tucker Kohlasch, fmr. boxing champion[850] • Charles Barkley, fmr. NBA basketball player[851] • Shane Battier, NBA basketball player[399] 21 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Craig Robinson, Oregon State Beavers men’s basketball head coach, Obama’s brother-in-law[880][881] • Jimmy Rollins, MLB player[882] • Emmitt Smith, fmr. NFL football player[883] • Lovie Smith, current NFL coach (Chicago Bears)[884] • Rod Smith, fmr. NFL football player[885] • Booker T, professional wrestler[886] • Diana Taurasi, WNBA basketball player[415] • B.J. Upton, MLB player[887] • Bill Walton, former NBA basketball player and current ESPN basketball analyst[852] • Luke Walton, NBA basketball player[852] • Roy Williams, NFL football player[888] • Pat White, West Virginia Mountaineers quarterback and Heisman Trophy contender [889] List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • Stephanie Miller, host of The Stephanie Miller Show and the daughter of former Republican Vice-Presidential candidate William E. Miller[905] • Elizabeth Moynihan, widow of Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan,[906] • Christine Pelosi, a member of DNC (superdelegate) and the daughter of the current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (DCA)[102] • Dorothy Peterson, wife of Former New Hampshire Governor and Republican Walter Peterson.[907] • Nathan Portalski, nephew of John McCain’s wife, Cindy Hensley McCain[896] • Alma Rangel, wife of Rep. Charles B. Rangel[450] • Ron Reagan, son of Ronald Reagan[908] • Katherine Schwarzenegger, daughter of Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger[909] • Maria Shriver, journalist, niece of John F. Kennedy, First Lady of California and wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger[910][911] • Rabbi Ethan Tucker, stepson of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT)[912] Family members of major political figures • Jack Carter, Nevada politician, son of Jimmy Carter[890] • Jill Docking, Kansas politician, daughterin-law of Robert Docking, former Governor of Kansas[891] • Kitty Dukakis, wife of 1988 Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis, [892] • Julie Nixon Eisenhower, daughter of Richard Nixon and wife of grandson of Dwight D. Eisenhower[893] • Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower[894] • CC Goldwater, granddaughter of former Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater[895] • Kathleen Hensley Portalski, half-sister of John McCain’s wife, Cindy Hensley McCain[896] • Caroline Kennedy, daughter of John F. Kennedy[897] • Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy[898] • Joe Kennedy, son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy II and grandson of Robert F. Kennedy[899][900] • Max Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy[901][902] • Rory Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, documentary filmmaker[903] • Ann McGovern, daughter of fmr. Sen. George McGovern (D-SD)[904] Other individuals • Maryline Blackburn, 1984 Miss Alaska pageant winner[913] • Cliff Bleszinski, video game designer, creator of Gears of War[914] • Andy Bloch, poker player and former member of the MIT Blackjack Team[915][916] • Virginia Boulet, New Orleans, Louisiana politician[417] • James Wilkie Broderick, the son of actress Sarah Jessica Parker and actor Matthew Broderick[917] • Doyle Brunson, poker player[918] • Kirbyjon Caldwell, President George W. Bush’s spiritual advisor [919] • James Carville, Clinton campaign strategist[920] • Antar Dayal, artist[921] • Jenny Durkan, chair of John Edwards’ 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns in Washington state[922] • Roger Ebert, Pulitzer Prize winning film critic [923] • Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of murdered civil rights leader Medgar Evers[924] 22 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Carl Horton, Jr., Connecticut politician (DCT)[925] • Don King, boxing promoter[926] • Casey Knowles, actress who appeared on Clinton’s 3 a.m. ad[927] • Harry Knowles, founder of Ain’t It Cool News[928] • John Laesch, Illinois politician (D-IL)[929] • Tom Lehrer, political satirist[930] • Taj Matthews, grandson of Civil Rights Leader Rev. Claude Black and author of Grandpa was a Preacher: A Letter To My Grandson. [65] • Fontaine Maverick, great granddaughter of Samuel Maverick, from whom the term maverick is originated[931] • Jay Paterno, Penn State assistant coach, son of Penn State head coach Joe Paterno [932] List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, former British Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Henley[944] • Andrés Manuel López Obrador, former Mexican presidential candidate and social leader.[945] • Trevor Manuel, Minister of Finance of South Africa. [946] • Toshio Murakami, Mayor of Obama, Japan[947] • Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua[948] • Axel Poniatowski, president of the foreign affairs commission at the National Assembly[939] of France. • Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden[949] • Ségolène Royal, former French Socialist presidential candidate[938][950] • Walter Veltroni, leader of the Italian opposition Democratic Party and former mayor of Rome[951] • Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[952] • Karrine Steffans former porn star/music video performer turned New York Times bestselling author[933] • Helen Ting, wife of law professor Jan C. Ting[934] • Ed Turlington, John Edwards’ advisor[325] • Elaine Wynn, wife of Steve Wynn and education activist[404] See also • Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008 • Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008 • List of John McCain presidential campaign endorsements, 2008 • List of Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign endorsements • Congressional endorsements for the 2008 United States presidential election • Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential primaries, 2008 • List of Democratic Party (United States) superdelegates, 2008 Foreign political leaders • Wouter Bos, Minister of Finance and deputy prime minister of The Netherlands[935] • Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the leader of the Labour Party [936]. • Kurt Beck, Minister President of the German federal state of RhinelandPalatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), and former chairman of Germany’s Social Democratic Party[937] • Bertrand Delanoë, mayor of Paris, France and member of the French committee for Obama[938][939] • Patrick Devedjian, leader of the French political party Union for a Popular Movement[938] • Laurent Fabius, former Prime Minister of France[940] • George Galloway, British politician (Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow)[941] • François Hollande, head of France’s Socialist Party[942] • Michael Ignatieff, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada[943] References [1] Rhee, Foon (June 3, 2008). 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