By Doug Cunningham

The SEIU has decided not endorse any Democratic presidential candidates in the primary. SEIU says any of the top three Democratic candidates would help create a new American Dream for working families. SEIU locals are free to endorse candidates in individual states, but the national SEIU won’t endorse.

The John Edwards campaign says it expects to get SEIU locals around the country to endorse Edwards, But Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have also been aggressively seeking SEIU’s endorsement.

Edwards has the endorsements of the United Steelworkers , United Mine Workers of America , the Carpenters union and the United Transport Workers. Sen. Hillary Clinton has been endorsed by the National Association of Letter Carriers, the American Federation of Teachers, the International Association of Machinists and the United Transportation union and the International Union of Bricklayers.
Senator Obama has been endorsed by the Corrections Officers Benevolent Association.

Second-tier candidate Senator Chris Dodd has been endorsed by the International Association of Firefighters.