Two high profile Jewish Congressmen from California have declared their support for Senator Obama today. Congressmen Henry Waxman and Howard Berman, both of Los Angeles, have announced that they are supporting the candidacy of Barack Obama.
Beyond the shot of support to Senator Obama from highly-regarded political leaders in the Jewish community, these endorsements also give Obama the backing of two highly-ranked Committee Chairmen, as Waxman chairs the House Oversight Committee and Berman chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Also, Obama picked up the endorsement of Congressman Jim McDermott, who represents the Seattle area of Washington. McDermott becomes Obama's fifth superdelegate from the state of Washington, tying Senator Clinton's support in the state.
Finally, Obama also won the support of Washington DC superdelegate and Communications Workers for America President Larry Cohen. Talkingpointsmemo notes that "this is also Obama's second labor endorsement today, having picked up the backing of the steelworkers' union this morning -- suggesting that John Edwards' endorsement of Obama yesterday is hastening the coalescing of institutional support behind the Illinois Senator".
These four automatic delegates bring Obama's total up to 274.5, a nine automatic delegate lead over Clinton. Overall, Obama leads Clinton 1897.5 to 1723.5 in total delegates.
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