Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., to Endorse Obama
The Bourbon Room has learned from top Democratic sources that six-term U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, a staunch defender of President Bill Clinton during the GOP-led impeachment, will endorse Barack Obama for president during an 11 a.m. EST conference call.
Leahy will appear on the conference call with Obama campaign manager David Plouffe.
Leahy is the Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and also led the fight against GOP efforts to delay and some cases deny confirmation of Clinton-nominated federal judges during the final two years of the Clinton presidency.
Leahy also opposed the Iraq war resolution and has been at the forefront of Democratic criticism of President Bush’s detention policies for enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and the Bush “terrorist surveillance” program.
Leahy also helped negotiate the first Patriot Act and was instrumental in reauthorizing the law with changes that reduced the federal government’s power to search library and personal records of American citizens implicated but not charged in terrorist investigations.
Elected in 1974, Leahy is Vermont’s longest serving senator and was among te first in the Senate to have an official website (launched in 1995) and in 2003 was the first senator to launch a personal blog “More from the floor.”
Tags: Bill Clinton, impeachment, Iraq, Leahy, Obama
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I too have strong ideals and love the thought thatwe are truly afree democracy-but I think that if Obama is the nominee he will be defeated. There will be a repulican in the white house.That is the reality. The haters are out there -note that they are once again spreading venom about John Mc Caine- can Sen Obama be far behind? I love the ideal but fear the reality.
Good for Sen. Leahy. Everytime I hear of a former Clinton supporter changing directions it warms my heart. Maybe there IS hope after all.
WONDERFUL NEWS ! NOW LET’S SEE HOW THE JUDGE IN LAS VEGAS WILL RULE.
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I cannot believe what Irecently read on your endorsing a feeble minded Arlin Spector with regards to his personal vendetta against the N E Patriots I would certainly hope that you are more interested in putting a democrat in the White House than associating yourself with a card carrying moron the likes of A specter. If the democrats are not successful for the presedency this election you can be sure that your support of such a moron didn’t help I would certainly hope that you would have enough sense to distance yourself from such trivia at a time when this country desperately needs sound leadership. here’s hoping you come to your senseses
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