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Forget Casey. Forget Rendell.
Obama picked up one of the biggest endorsements in western PA that he could have gotten.....
Very few people carry the weight that Rooney does in the Pgh region (or maybe even all of PA). This might give Obama a pretty big bump if he is able to get Rooney to a couple of campaign stops in the next few days before the primary.
Obama picked up one of the biggest endorsements in western PA that he could have gotten.....
Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney on Monday endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's presidential bid.
In a statement, the 75-year-old Rooney said endorsing political candidates is not something he regularly does.
''As a grandfather and a citizen of this community, I think Barack Obama's thoughtful, strategic approach is important to America,'' Rooney said. ``When I hear how excited young people seem to be when they talk about this man, I believe he will do what is best for them, which is to inspire them to be great Americans.''
The Obama campaign said the Illinois senator and Rooney met Monday after Obama spoke at a meeting of the Alliance for American Manufacturing. Obama's Democratic rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, also addressed the gathering.
Last month, former Steelers running backs Franco Harris and Jerome Bettis also endorsed Obama.
Very few people carry the weight that Rooney does in the Pgh region (or maybe even all of PA). This might give Obama a pretty big bump if he is able to get Rooney to a couple of campaign stops in the next few days before the primary.