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December 2, 2008 6:58:23 AM CST



Reich, Nunn, Boren Endorse Obama

Posted Apr 18, 08 1:49 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Barack Obama today picked up endorsements from three Democratic Party bigwigs: Robert Reich, a longtime Clinton friend and ex-Labor Secretary, and two ex-senators with foreign policy clout—Sam Nunn of Georgia and David Boren of Oklahoma. Reich said he decided to endorse because he was "appalled" by Hillary Clinton's negative ads in the wake of Obama's comments about low-income voters, New York reports.

"Those ads are nothing but Republicanism," he said. Boren and Nunn, meanwhile, said in a joint statement that "we need a president who has the temperament of a leader—a sharp, incisive, strategic mind, a rare capacity for self criticism, and a willingness to hear contrary points of view." Both will serve as foreign policy advisers, the Boston Globe notes.

Sources Boston Globe, New York

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Former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, right, speaks in Moscow in this 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., pauses for a moment while speaking at a town hall-style meeting in Erie, Pa., Friday, April 18, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
David Boren, president of the University of Oklahoma and former Senator, in a file photo from January.   (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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