AFL-CIO declines to endorse a DNC chair
/ The AFL-CIO yesterday decided not to
endorse a candidate in the Democratic National Committee race, removing
one of the last firewalls that could have prevented former Vermont Gov.
Howard Dean from winning the chairmanship. The non-endorsement from the
umbrella labor group led former Rep. Martin Frost (D-Texas), who was
banking on labor's support to emerge as the anti-Dean candidate, to
drop out of the race yesterday, a Frost aide said. Former Ohio party
chairman David Leland also bowed out of the race yesterday, and he
endorsed Dean. [more]