Gary Hart endorses Obama

Gary Hart, left, former U.S. Senator from Colorado, and Angus King, right, former Gov. of Maine, listen to a bipartisan summit at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., Monday, Jan. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Former Sen. Gary Hart of Colorado endorsed Barack Obama on Tuesday, saying that the Democratic presidential hopeful can relate to all “races and religions, all regions and ethnic groups.”

Hart, a Democrat who heads up the Presidential Climate Action Project at The University of Colorado, said that those who question the youth and national security credentials of the 46-year-old senator from Illinois are misguided.

“He is in a unique position to end race as a factor in American politics. He represents a new generation of leadership, and he puts an entirely new face on American foreign policy,” said Hart, who ran for president in 1984.

Also endorsing Obama on Tuesday was U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, a Golden Democrat.

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