NJ Senate President Richard Codey endorses Obama

[Colobo]

Senate President Richard Codey is expected to endorse Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to sources close to Codey, who had served as New Jersey Chairman of John Edwards’ campaign.

Edwards announced today that he would be abandoning his run for the presidency.

Mark Alexander, state director of the Obama Campaign, said he did not know about any decision by Codey to back Obama.

"Of course, we would be very happy to have him," said Alexander.

Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy, co-chair of the Obama Campaign, said he had not heard directly from Codey that the Senate President intends to endorse Obama, but said he believes what he's hearing from other sources about an official announcement on Thursday.

"I'm hearing the same things you're hearing," said Healy. "It's a terrific endorsement, and it's very important."

The Obama people have been working hard for Codey's endorsement ever since Edwards placed a distant second behind Obama in Iowa. Their state campaign office is in Codey's home town of West Orange and one of their key endorsers, former Sen. Bill Bradley, was Codey's pick for president in 2000.

http://www.politickernj.com/codey-endorse-obama-15956

[NJObamaWoman]

1. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Im from Nj and I love that man. He should have

been our Gov. instead of Mr. Money Bags Corzine who is going to rise our damn high way tolls. Many NJers also wanted Cody to run too. Thats a great catch.

[Colobo]

2. Gobama!

[BattyDem]

3. I'm from NJ and I have an enormous amount of respect for Codey.

He's a good guy. Many people in this state like him a lot and wanted him to run for governor. This will help Obama.

[MH1]

4. EXCELLENT endorsement.

[Nedsdag]

5. WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Dick!

When my dad died, the late state senator Byron Baer read a proclaimation honoring him. Since he was president of the State Senate, Codey signed it. He was an excellent interim governor and he should've run for the top job.

[Renew Deal]

6. Codey is a great guy

I said so when he endorsed Edwards a couple weeks ago, and I'll say it again.

[jasmine621]

7. I guess that means Obama will get the Insurance Brokers endorsement. nt

[jhain]

8. South Jerseyan checking in

Good news!
Thanks for this.

[karynnj]

9. To the non NJ, Codey has been the most respected politician

He was acting Governor and in 2005, the comment I got most phone banking for Corzine was why wasn't Codey running - and than praise for the job he was doing and comments that he was not corrupt - which is huge praise in NJ!