Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico moved instantly atop the roster of infamy after he endorsed Mr. Obama and then took the added step of saying that people around the Clintons practiced "gutter" politics and that they felt entitled to the presidency.
She endorsed no single ideology, but the effectiveness of her prints — instantly arresting, endlessly absorbing — led to their use by propagandists of varied stripe.
The sweeping scope of the speech and its deliberate timing, just weeks after Mr. Bloomberg endorsed a flurry of moderate candidates in the midterm elections, instantly intensified speculation about his political ambitions.
After the Tenants Political Action Committee endorsed Mr. Hevesi, and its treasurer, Michael McKee, accused Peter F. Vallone of weakening rent control laws, the Vallone campaign fired back instantly.
James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte and Eleanor Roosevelt endorsed her efforts.
Last year, it endorsed 164.
The Republican-leaning Chamber of Commerce endorsed Sotomayor.
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