NJ: Gov. Jon S. Corzine will endorse Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton

[Alamom]

AP Newsbreak: Corzine to endorse Hillary Clinton for president
By ANGELA DELLI SANTI and TOM HESTER JR.
Associated Press Writers


March 29, 2007, 6:55 PM EDT

TRENTON, N.J. -- Gov. Jon S. Corzine will endorse New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination on Monday, according to two people close to the campaign.

The governor will make the endorsement at Elizabeth City Hall, along with U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews and other Democrats.

Corzine's endorsement could prove key to Clinton because New Jersey plans to move its presidential primary to Feb. 5, grouping it with other states among the first holding presidential primaries next year.
Clinton and Corzine worked together in the U.S. Senate before Corzine left to become governor in 2006.

A Qunnipiac University poll in February had Clinton with 41 percent of the vote in a New Jersey Democratic Party primary, compared to 19 percent for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.

[MasonJar]

1. If his endorsement comes from personal knowledge of Hill's work

in the Senate, then that is a substantial endorsement, which should receive attention from DUers, who will not give her a chance. All our incredible mix of Democratic candidates deserve a fair assessment by all of us.

[Alamom]

2. Well said.n/t

[SaveElmer]

3. I like it...first Jim McGovern...

And now Corzine...

[Nedsdag]

4. It's nice to see

Hillary Mondale, I mean, Hillary Clinton get all these endorsements.

That's really going to help her in the general election. :eyes: