Me, and I’m in some good company:

ARIZONA’S FEMALE GOVERNOR, JANET NAPOLITANO ENDORSES BARACK OBAMA:  “I am the Governor of Arizona and, you may have noticed, the other’s party’s candidate is my senior Senator and I am NOT supporting him for President of the United States…  Barack Obama is the man to lead us!”

The National Organization for Women PROUDLY endorses Obama-Biden: “Although it is very unusual for us to endorse in a presidential election, this is an unprecedented candidate and an unprecedented time for our country. The NOW PAC reviewed Sen. Obama’s record and public statements on issues that disproportionately affect the women of this nation, and I spoke with him at length about his commitment to women’s equality.”

Former New York Mayor Ed Koch endorses Obama and Biden: “I have concluded that the country is safer in the hands of Barack Obama, leader of the Democratic Party and protector of the philosophy of that party.  Protecting and defending the U.S. means more than defending us from foreign attacks. It includes defending the public with respect to their civil rights, civil liberties and other needs, e.g., national health insurance, the right of abortion, the continuation of Social Security, gay rights, other rights of privacy, fair progressive taxation, and a host of other needs and rights.  If the vice president were ever called on to lead the country, there is no question in my mind that the experience and demonstrated judgment of Joe Biden is superior to that of Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin is a plucky, exciting candidate, but when her record is examined, she fails miserably with respect to her views on the domestic issues that are so important to the people of the U.S., and to me.  Frankly, it would scare me if she were to succeed John McCain in the presidency.”

Al Gore endorses Barack Obama:  “We have such a nominee, we have such a leader! Yes we can! Ladies and gentlemen, the next President of the United States of America, Barack Obama.”

Ted Kennedy endorses Barack Obama: “Senator Edward M. Kennedy will endorse Barack Obama for president tomorrow, breaking his year-long neutrality to send a powerful signal of where the legendary Massachusetts Democrat sees the party going — and who he thinks is best to lead it.”

Caroline Kennedy endorses Barack Obama:  “Senator Obama is running a dignified and honest campaign. He has spoken eloquently about the role of faith in his life, and opened a window into his character in two compelling books. And when it comes to judgment, Barack Obama made the right call on the most important issue of our time by opposing the war in Iraq from the beginning.  I want a president who understands that his responsibility is to articulate a vision and encourage others to achieve it; who holds himself, and those around him, to the highest ethical standards; who appeals to the hopes of those who still believe in the American Dream, and those around the world who still believe in the American ideal; and who can lift our spirits, and make us believe again that our country needs every one of us to get involved.  I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president — not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.”

Maria Shriver endorses Barack Obama: “Diverse, open, smart, independent, bucks tradition. Innovative. Inspirational. Dreamer. Leader.”  Shriver’s support comes after her uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy, issued his own endorsement of Obama, and her husband, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, backed GOP candidate John McCain.

John Kerry endorses Barack Obama: “Martin Luther King Jr. said the time is always right to do what is right. And I’m here in South Carolina because this is the right time to share with you, to make sure that we know that I have the confidence … and that Barack Obama can be, will be and should be the next president of the United States.”

Wick Allison, Editor-In-Chief of D Magazine, the Dallas-Fort Worth Medical Directory endorses Obama:  “THE MORE I LISTEN TO AND READ ABOUT “the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate,” the more I like him. Barack Obama strikes a chord with me like no political figure since Ronald Reagan. To explain why, I need to explain why I am a conservative and what it means to me.”

The New Yorker endorses Barack Obama: “America needs both uplift and realism, both change and steadiness. It needs a leader temperamentally, intellectually, and emotionally attuned to the complexities of our troubled globe. That leader’s name is Barack Obama.”

The Seattle Times endorses Barack Obama: “An economic Katrina is shattering the confidence of hardworking, middle-class Americans. The war that should never have been in Iraq is dragging on too long. At a time of huge challenge, the candidate with the intelligence, temperament and judgment to lead our nation to a better place is Sen. Barack Obama.”

Rolling Stone endorses Barack Obama: “Obama has emerged by displaying precisely the kind of character and judgment we need in a president: renouncing the politics of fear, speaking frankly on the most pressing issues facing the country and sticking to his principles. He recognizes that running for president is an opportunity to inspire an entire nation.”

San Jose Mercury News endorses Barack Obama:  “Our next president will need the kind of qualities that Barack Obama has demonstrated in his long and historic fight to lead the United States of America.  We urge his election.”

San Francisco Chronicle endorses Barack Obama:  “The American political system needs a period of reprieve and renewal.  It needs a reprieve from a White House that draws power from fear, sneers at any science that gets in the way of corporate or theocratic missions and stubbornly adheres to policies that leave the nation sinking in debt and mired in war. It craves a reprieve from the politics of bloodsport that prize clever calculation over courage, winning over principle, party label over national interest.  The renewal must come from a president who can lead by inspiration, who can set partisanship aside to define and achieve common goals, who can persuade a new generation of Americans that there is something noble and something important about public service.  There is no doubt about the Democrat with the vision and skills to bring that period of reprieve and renewal. It is Sen. Barack Obama.”

Sierra Club endorses Barack Obama: “We believe Senator Obama is the change our nation needs – he is the change we need, the leader who will put America on the path to a clean energy economy that will create and keep millions of jobs, spur innovation and opportunity, make us a more secure nation, and help us solve global warming.”

Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, endorses Barack Obama:  “there is no doubt in my mind that Barack Obama has the judgment and courage we need in a commander in chief when our nation’s security is on the line. He showed this judgment by opposing the Iraq war from the start, and he has shown it during this campaign by standing up for a new era in American leadership internationally.”

Governor Granholm and Lt. Governor Cherry, of Michigan, endorse Barack Obama:  “More than any other state in the nation, Michigan needs a president who will fight for Michigan and our working families,” the governor and lieutenant governor said in a joint statement. “Whether through job creation, enacting fair trade policies, worker training programs, or universal health care, Senator Obama will be a president who fights for all of us, and that is why we will be fighting for his election in November.”

Bill and Hillary Clinton endorse Barack Obama and Joe Biden:  “It took a Democratic president to clean up after the last president Bush, it’s going to take a Democratic president to clean up after this President Bush,” Clinton said in a working-class corner of swing-state Pennsylvania.  Make no mistake about it. We’ve done it before and we’ll do it again. America will once again rise from the ashes of the Bushes.”

Financial Times endorses Barack Obama:  “One of the great lessons of international relations since 1945 is that nuclear deterrence has worked. Mr Obama respects that lesson. Mr McCain does not. For that reason alone, Mr Obama would make the better commander-in-chief.”

Nathan Portalski, nephew of John McCain‘s wife, Cindy Hensley McCain^[803]

Katherine Schwarzenegger, daughter of Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger^[814]

Rabbi Ethan Tucker, stepson of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT)^[817]

 

^{Oh, hell, here’s the whole list from Wikipedia:}

List of Barack Obama Presidential Campaign Endorsements, 2008

^{See also: Congressional endorsements for the 2008 United States presidential election}

^{[edit] U.S. Presidents & Vice Presidents}

• ^{Fmr. President Bill Clinton[2][3]}
• ^{Fmr. Vice President Al Gore[4][5]}
• ^{Fmr. Vice President Walter Mondale[6]}

^{[edit] U.S. Senators}

^{[edit] U.S. Representatives}

^{[edit] Governors}

^{[edit] Presidential staff and advisors}

^{[edit] Military}

^{[edit] National political figures}

^{[edit] Mayors}

^{[edit] State, local and territory officials}

^{See: List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements from state, local and territory officials}

^{[edit] 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:}

• ^{The Asheville Citizen-Times newspaper in Asheville, North Carolina[303]}
• ^{The Blade newspaper in Toledo, Ohio[303]}
• ^{The Contra Costa Times newspaper in Walnut Creek, California[303]}
• ^{Dayton Daily News newspaper in Dayton, Ohio[303]}
• ^{Esquire magazine [304]}
• ^{The Fresno Bee newspaper in Fresno, California[303]}
• ^{The Monterey County Herald newspaper in Monterey, California[303]}
• ^{The New Bedford Standard-Times newspaper in Massachusetts[303]}
• ^{The New Yorker magazine in New York City, New York[305]}
• ^{The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[303]}
• ^{The Record newspaper in Stockton, California[306]}
• ^{The Sacramento Bee newspaper in Sacramento, California[303]}
• ^{San Bernardino County Sun newspaper in San Bernardino, California[303]}
• ^{The Seattle Times newspaper in Seattle, Washington[307]}
• ^{St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri[303]}
• ^{The Tennessean newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee[303]}
• ^{The Wisconsin State Journal newspaper in Wisconsin[303]}

^{[edit] Writers}

• ^{Paul Auster[308]}
• ^{Rekha Basu, columnist for Des Moines Register[309]}
• ^{Judy Blume[310], 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[311]}
• ^{Michael Chabon[312]}
• ^{Daniel Clowes[313]}
• ^{Diablo Cody, Academy Award-winning screenwriter for Juno[314]}
• ^{Dave Eggers[312]}
• ^{Barbara Ehrenreich[315]}
• ^{Jonathan Safran Foer[316]}
• ^{Christopher Golden}
• ^{Daniel Handler, better known under the pen name Lemony Snicket[312]}
• ^{Jeffrey Hart, conservative columnist, former long-time editor at National Review[317]}
• ^{Bob Herbert, columnist for The New York Times[318]}
• ^{Christopher Hitchens, journalist, critic and author[319]}
• ^{John Hodgman, author of “The Areas of My Expertise” as well as an upcoming book along the same vein, though perhaps best known for his contribution to The Daily Show and role as a an anthropomorphised PC in the Get A Mac advertising campaign for Apple Inc.[320]}
• ^{Khaled Hosseini, Novelist and physician[321]}
• ^{Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston[322]}
• ^{Margo Jefferson, Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times writer[323]}
• ^{Miranda July, Author of “No One Belongs Here More Than You” and director of “Me And You And Everyone We Know” [324]}
• ^{Brian Katulis, Author and Middle East expert[188]}
• ^{Garrison Keillor, Grammy Award-winning author and radio personality [325]}
• ^{Stephen King[326]}
• ^{Norman Mailer[327]}
• ^{John McWhorter, Author of “Losing the Race” [328]}
• ^{Maxine Hong Kingston[322]}
• ^{Jeff Mariotte, novelist who also wrote the Barack Obama one-shot comic book for IDW Publishing}
• ^{David Mixner, writer and civil rights activist[329]}
• ^{Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize recipient[330][331]}
• ^{Randall Munroe, author of xkcd[332]}
• ^{Ann Patchett[333]}
• ^{Katha Pollitt[323][334]}
• ^{Philip Roth[335]}
• ^{Ayelet Waldman[312]}
• ^{Alice Walker[336][337]}
• ^{Chris Ware[338]}
• ^{Roger Wilkins, civil rights leader and journalist[339]}
• ^{Tobias Wolff[312]}
• ^{Sherman Yellen, playwright[340]}

^{[edit] Foreign Writers}

• ^{Mark Millar, comic book writer, known for his works Wanted and The Ultimates.[341]}
• ^{J. K. Rowling, Author of the Harry Potter series[342][343]}
• ^{Eva Schloss, Author and Holocaust survivor, stepsister of Anne Frank[344]}
• ^{Andrew Sullivan, political commentator[345]}

^{[edit] Academics}

^{[edit] Economists}

^{[edit] Scientists}

^{[edit] Other academics}

^{[edit] Businesspeople}

^{[edit] Fashion Designers}

• ^{American Apparel, T-shirt manufacturer [407][408]}
• ^{Tory Burch[409]}
• ^{Maria Cornejo, New York City-based Chilean designer [409]}
• ^{Costello Tagliapietra, Brooklyn-based dressmakers [409]}
• ^{Marc Jacobs [409]}
• ^{Juicy Couture [409]}
• ^{Derek Lam [409]}
• ^{Nanette Lepore [409]}
• ^{Lutz & Patmos [409]}
• ^{Isaac Mizrahi [409]}
• ^{Charles Nolan [409]}
• ^{Zac Posen [409]}
• ^{Proenza Schouler [409]}
• ^{Rag & Bone New York City-based British designers [409]}
• ^{Tracy Reese [409]}
• ^{Brian Reyes [409]}
• ^{Narciso Rodriguez [409]}
• ^{Rachel Roy [409]}
• ^{Albertus Swanepoel, New York City-based South African designer [409]}
• ^{Diane von Fürstenberg [409]}
• ^{Alexander Wang [409]}
• ^{Vera Wang, New York-based designer[410]}

^{[edit] Labor unions}

^{[edit] Labor leaders & union officials}

• ^{Larry Cohen, President of Communications Workers of America[456]}
• ^{Maria Elena Durazo, Executive secretary–treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor[457]}
• ^{Awais Khaleel, Vice President of the College Democrats of America[458]}
• ^{Sonny Nardi, President of Teamsters Local 416 in Ohio[459]}
• ^{Michael Thurmond, Georgia State Labor Commissioner[95]}
• ^{Lauren Wolfe, President of the College Democrats of America[458]}

^{[edit] Social and political activists}

• ^{Liz Abzug, co-founder and director of the Bella Abzug Leadership Institute and daughter of Bella Abzug[460]}
• ^{Luis Alejo, Watsonville Planning Commission[461]}
• ^{Joan Baez, singer, peace and human rights activist[462]}
• ^{Tom Bernstein, lawyer, businessman and human rights activist[188]}
• ^{Rev. Claude Black, Jr., civil and human rights activist[463]}
• ^{Ellen Bravo, feminist activist[464]}
• ^{Maria Buell, district director of League Of United Latin American Citizens[461]}
• ^{Shepard Fairey, street artist and activist[465][466]}
• ^{Louis Farrakhan, National Representative for the Nation of Islam[467]}
• ^{Jane Fonda, actress and political activist[468]}
• ^{Kim Gandy, feminist activist and the President of the National Organization for Women[469]}
• ^{Tom Hayden, anti-war activist, former California State Senator[470]}
• ^{Rev. Jesse Jackson, former Democratic presidential candidate and former shadow Senator from the District of Columbia [471]}
• ^{Rev. Joseph Lowery, minister and leader in the American civil rights movement [472]}
• ^{Omar Mercado, deputy district director of League Of United Latin American Citizens[461]}
• ^{Kate Michelman, pro-choice activist, former head of NARAL[473]}
• ^{John Prendergast, human rights activist and former adviser to the White House and the State Department[474]}
• ^{Carlos Ramos, voting-rights activist and President of the Monterey chapter of the League Of United Latin American Citizens[461]}
• ^{Michael Ratner, human rights lawyer, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights[475]}
• ^{Eleanor Smeal, feminist activist and the President and founder of the Feminist Majority Foundation[469]}
• ^{Eric Stern, gay rights activist.[329]}
• ^{Juan Uranga, director of the Center for Community Advocacy[461]}
• ^{Naomi Wolf, co-founder, American Freedom Campaign[476]}

^{[edit] Organizations}

^{[edit] Environmental organizations}

• ^{Cleantech for Obama[477]}
• ^{Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund[478]}
• ^{Environment America[479]}
• ^{Environment New Jersey[480]}
• ^{Humane Society Legislative Fund[481]}
• ^{League of Conservation Voters[482]}
• ^{Environment America[483]}
• ^{Sierra Club[484]}

^{[edit] Other organizations}

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• ^{Houston GLBT Political Caucus[329]}
• ^{Human Rights Campaign[495]}
• ^{Jewish Council for Education and Research[496]}
• ^{MoveOn.Org[497]}
• ^{Mexican American Political Association[498]}
• ^{NARAL Pro-Choice America[499]}
• ^{National Organization of Women}
• ^{Pirate Party of the United States[500]}
• ^{Planned Parenthood Action Fund[501]}
• ^{SeniorArk.com[502]}
• ^{United States Black Golfers Association</ref>USBGA endorses Sen. Obama for President</ref>}
• ^{VET PAC[503]}

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^{[edit] Native American tribes}

^{[edit] Entertainers}

^{Actors and actresses}

^Comedians

^Directors

^Models

^Musicians

^{Television personalities}

^{[edit] Athletes}

^{[edit] Family members of major political figures}

^{[edit] Other individuals}

^{[edit] Foreign political leaders}

• ^{Wouter Bos, Minister of Finance and deputy prime minister of The Netherlands[839]}
• ^{Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and head of the Labour Party [840].}
• ^{Kurt Beck, Minister President of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), and then chairman of Germany’s Social Democratic Party[841]}
• ^{Bertrand Delanoë, mayor of Paris, France and member of the French committee for Obama[842][843]}
• ^{Patrick Devedjian, leader of the French political party Union for a Popular Movement[842]}
• ^{Laurent Fabius, former Prime Minister of France[844]}
• ^{George Galloway, British politician (Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow)[845]}
• ^{Michael Ignatieff, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada[846]}
• ^{Boris Johnson, Mayor of London[847]}
• ^{Andrés Manuel López Obrador, former Mexican presidential candidate and social leader.[848]}
• ^{Toshio Murakami, Mayor of Obama, Japan[849]}
• ^{Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua[850]}
• ^{Axel Poniatowski, president of the foreign affairs commission at the National Assembly[843]}
• ^{Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden[851]}
• ^{Ségolène Royal, former French Socialist presidential candidate[842][852]}
• ^{Walter Veltroni, leader of the Italian opposition Democratic Party and former mayor of Rome[853]}