• Sen. John Kerry • Max Cleland, former senator from Georgia • Kerry's daughters, Alexandra and Vanessa Kerry • Former Green Beret Jim Rassman • Madeleine Albright, former secretary of state • Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware • Retired Gen. Wesley Clark • Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina • Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut • Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts • Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald of California • Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia • House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California • Rep. Louise Slaughter of New York • John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO • Virginia Gov. Mark Warner.

Enquirer Washington Bureau reporter Carl Weiser and Enquirer news services contributed.