Corzine calls for Obama support

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Corzine calls for Obama support
by South Jersey News Online
Monday August 25, 2008, 10:21 PM
By ANGELA DELLI SANTI
Associated Press Writer

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine said Monday that Democrats are united behind presidential candidate Barack Obama, as he dismissed reports of a lasting rift between Obama supporters and those who, like him, originally wanted Hillary Clinton to win the party's nomination.

Corzine spoke to New Jersey's delegation in Denver Monday morning as part of an ongoing push to get a Democrat elected to the White House in November.

"It's very clear where I stood on the primary and I worked very hard for Hillary's nomination. That process is over," Corzine said during a telephone interview with The Associated Press from Denver. "It is time for us to understand the most important thing is to change the policies that are undermining the economic well-being of New Jerseyans."

Corzine is one of hundreds New Jerseyans in Denver for the four-day Democratic National Convention that runs through Thursday, when Obama is scheduled to formally accept the party's nomination for president. The governor is one of New Jersey's 20 super delegates, those who are not pledged to a candidate.

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