Former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA), "who toyed with the concept of a non-partisan run for president last year," endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution."The former senator, considered one of the nation's preeminent experts on U.S. defense, met with Obama's foreign policy team this morning, we're told."
"Though not a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention, Nunn carries a deal of gravitas in foreign policy from which Obama could benefit. As one himself, Nunn could also help reassure conservative Democrats still suspicious of Obama's position on the left-right political spectrum."
Meanwhile, the Boston Globe notes former Sen. David Boren (D-OK), another conservative Southern Democrat, also announced he would back Obama.
Ben Smith calls the endorsements "an acknowledgment that Obama's message has pretty well absorbed the high aspirations of the group Unity '08."
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