Don Barber
DFNYC Puts 'No-Brainer' Support For Obama on Display
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Democracy for New York City's Fourth Annual "Summer Cocktail Reception" was all about Barack Obama.
Held at the downtown bar M1-5, the event's theme was "Unity '08," a reference, apparently, to bringing Democrats together (and not to the group that wanted Michael Bloomberg to run for president).
As the guests trickled in, DFNYC finance director Lewis Cohen decorated the bar with "Obama '08" signs.
"I have no doubt we will endorse," he told me.
"I think people are looking at the total candidate," said City Councilman Tony Avella, also a long-shot mayoral candidate. "He [Obama] stands for change, and we need change in the city. read more »
