Celebs split enthusiasm among Hillary, Obama
Natalie Finn

LOS ANGELES—As yet another make-or-break day on the campaign trail approached for Hillary Clinton, the New York senator could take comfort in the fact that she was going to a place where everybody would know her name. She had Ted Danson right beside her, after all.
The former Cheers star and wife Mary Steenburgen hitched a ride with Clinton as the presidential candidate took off from Cleveland, Ohio, on Sunday after a day spent in the Buckeye State rallying supporters in advance of Tuesday’s Democratic primary. But while Clinton, has an Emmy and an Oscar winner firmly in her corner—and on her chartered plane!—she has seemingly lost all of her momentum in the face of Barack Obama’s surge in popularity since Super Tuesday, when the former First Lady logged big wins in California and New York.
On Tuesday, there are what pundits are calling do-or-die primaries in Texas and Ohio, meaning Clinton practically has to win both to retain any hope of capturing the Democratic nomination. And although she already took California, it wasn’t due to La-La Land’s lack of support for Obama.
When asked how he felt about longtime pal and Curb Your Enthusiasm costar Larry David backing Obama, Danson told a reporter for the Tribune Co.’s Washington bureau: “I’m out of that show. I’m never going to do it.” The reliably acerbic David joins a growing legion of celebs male and female, black and white, young (one of Obama’s biggest bastions of support) and old. In addition to big-time Obamians such as George Clooney, Oprah Winfrey and Matt Damon, celebs who have gotten behind the charismatic senator from Illinois include Sharon Stone, Halle Berry, Ben Affleck, Jessica Alba, Scarlett Johansson, Stevie Wonder, Dave Matthews, Alfre Woodard, Mariah Carey, Harold Perrineau, Hill Harper, Jonathan Schaech, Enrique Murciano, Eric Balfour, John Legend and Kareem Abdul Jabar, (many of whom showed up in Will.i.am’s “Yes We Can” videos).