2:25 PM: Cieslewicz backs Obama
Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, who first backed John Edwards in the race for president, has endorsed Barack Obama.
Obama's campaign announced the endorsement today, releasing a statement in which Cieslewicz called the U.S. senator from Illinois "Endorses Obama a truly transformational national figure who has the chance to inspire and unite Americans like no national leader since John Kennedy."
Cieslewicz is the latest former Edwards support to back Obama. U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, announced he was backing Obama Friday, and several state lawmakers made the switch last week.
See the press release: http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=118026
-- By JR Ross
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