Spitzer, O'Malley to endorse Clinton - Yahoo! News

Spitzer, O'Malley to endorse Clinton - Yahoo! News: " Spitzer, O'Malley to endorse Clinton " ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has secured endorsements from two governors — New York's Eliot Spitzer and Maryland's Martin O'Malley. O'Malley is slated to endorse the New York senator Wednesday at an event in Annapolis, Md., two officials said Tuesday. They spoke on condition on anonymity in advance of the formal announcement. Spitzer plans to make his endorsement Monday in Albany, N.Y. The event is expected to draw a host of other New York Democrats, including state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Lt. Gov. David Paterson. For months, Spitzer has hedged about an endorsement of Clinton, who leads national polls for the Democratic nomination. But the governor had dropped enough hints that the endorsement really came down to a guessing game about when — not if — it would happen. "New Yorkers know first hand how effective Hillary is as a leader, which is why her support runs deep in this state," Spitzer said Tuesday. The praise from O'Malley in recent weeks was similar . "I think she'd make a great president of the United States," O'Malley said in an interview on Washington Post radio in March. Several governors have endorsed candidates in the 2008 race. Clinton also has the backing of New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine. Her rival, Sen. Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record), D-Ill., has the support of Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. ___ Associated Press Writer Marc Humbert in Albany, N.Y., contributed to this report.