Barack Obama (right) and Deval Patrick met when Obama was a civil rights lawyer in Chicago and Patrick was head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
(STEVEN SENNE/ASSOCIATED PRESS/FILE 2006)
Patrick to back Obama's campaign
Bay Stater's ability to rouse volunteers viewed as key asset
Barack Obama (right) and Deval Patrick met when Obama was a civil rights lawyer in Chicago and Patrick was head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
(STEVEN SENNE/ASSOCIATED PRESS/FILE 2006)
Governor Deval Patrick will throw his support behind Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential campaign, an endorsement that could give the Illinois senator a boost in the crucial New Hampshire primary and may help Obama blunt some of Senator Hillary Clinton's recent success in winning African-American support. (Full article: 726 words)
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