AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, the Maryland superdelegate who waited until mid-June to endorse Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, is attending a meeting of the candidate's prominent economic advisors in Chicago today.

Obama and Sweeney: In Chicago last weekOverlooked since last month has been the story of the remaining Democratic superdelegates, as it was assumed they would all fall in line for Barack Obama -- an assumption that was correct.

After the superdelgate bonanza of June 3 to 4, two remained in the Maryland undeclared column: AFL-CIO president John Sweeney and Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Susan Turnbull.