Maxine Waters Endorses Hillary Clinton

Maxine Waters Endorses Hillary Clinton: California Congresswoman Maxine Waters endorsed Hillary Clinton for the democratic presidential nomination this morning in a conference call. This is great news to the Clinton camp as Waters is very influential in the California black caucus.

Waters endorsed Clinton mainly because of her experience. In a statement Waters said:

"At a time when the economy continues to worsen and so many of my constituents are losing their homes and their jobs, we need someone with the leadership and experience who can step in on day one to tackle the economic challenges our country is facing," Waters said. "Hillary understands the daily challenges that people are facing and she will fight for them everyday she is in the White House."

Clinton is already the leader in California for the February 5^th primary, but every little bit will help her right now as she finds herself behind Obama in the delegate race and without much momentum.

The state of California is very crucial in the race for both parties' presidential nominees because of the amount of delegates that the state's winners will take away.

February 5^th, or Super Tuesday as it is commonly referred to because of the number of states holding primaries on that day, is shaping up to be a very tight battle between Hillary Clinton and her main, and arguably only, democratic rival Barack Obama.

Obama is leading in the total number of delegates at the moment and has a good amount of momentum heading into Tuesday, but this announcement could help give Clinton a head of steam heading into the big day.