RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Mike Easley endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday, boosting her presidential bid a week before North Carolina’s May 6 primary.
Appearing onstage with Clinton, the two-term Democrat declared the New York senator “gets it.”
“It’s time for somebody to be in the White House who understands the challenges we face in this country,” Easley said.
Easley is term-limited and will leave office early next year.
Both Democrats vying for the nomination to succeed Easley have endorsed Barack Obama, whom polls show with a large lead over Clinton in the state.
Easley is the second North Carolina superdelegate to endorse Clinton. Obama has the backing of six of the state’s 17 superdelegates.
Clinton also collected an endorsement from Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri.
