Barack Obama's run for president has found backing from the former basketball champion, Senator Bill Bradley. due to Obama's aides, Bradley, who has himself in the past run for president, would be campaigning for Obama.
The aides, who spoke on condition of anonymity, hoped that the endorsement would help Obama to displace Hillary Clinton from her position as the national front-runner. Clinton, in the recently concluded caucuses in Iowa last week, came third in Iowa's caucuses. due to a recent poll, Clinton was caught in a tie with Obama in New Hampshire.
In a press release, Brady praised Obama saying, "Barack Obama is building a broad new coalition that brings together Democrats, independents and Republicans by once again making idealism a central focus of our politics". Bradly also went on to say, "Because of his enormous appeal to Americans of all ages and backgrounds, Obama is the candidate best positioned to win in November. ... His movement for alteration could produce a new era of American politics _ truly a new American story."
As of now, the optimism in the Obama camp seems justified. Obama is running very approximately Clinton, with both leaders enjoying 33 percent support in a CNN-WMUR poll. The poll was conducted two days after Barack Obama's victory in Iowa. additional poll conducted by The Concord Monitor and Research 2000, had Obama leading at 34, with Clinton just behind at 33. even so, he will face a tough fight from Clinton who is planning to take on Obama in New Hampshire where the presidential primary is scheduled.
In a statement, Obama said, "Bill Bradley has always known as on Americans to strive for what is possible in our politics....As a presidential candidate and author, he has continued to challenge us to build a mandate for pragmatic solutions and progressive alteration, and I am truly grateful that he has endorsed my candidacy."
Incidentally, Obama's state director, Matt Rodriguez, was earlier a top aide in Bradley's campaign. Bradley was a contender in the 2000 presidential primary against Vice President Al Gore. He projected himself as an alternative to the incumbent Gore. He failed because the independents, the biggest voting bloc in New Hampshire's, chose to back Senator John McCain.
Bradley considered additional bid in 2004, supporting the Vermont Governor Howard Dean, but then opted out.
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