From the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER:
Sen. Arlen Specter won the backing of the state’s largest labor organization yesterday, with the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO endorsing him over Rep. Joe Sestak in the May Democratic primary.
It was a powerful affirmation of how smoothly Specter has managed his political transition to the Democratic Party since leaving the Republican Party less than a year ago.
“He is a proven leader who has stood with working families when the chips are down,” said Bill George, president of the state AFL-CIO, which represents 900,000 workers. George cited Specter’s crucial role last year in passing the $787 billion federal stimulus measure, which he said “prevented this nation from sinking into another Great Depression.” …
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