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Hillary has been on a tear lately, but will she have enough time? This just in…
Barack Obama just added his second new superdelegate of the day, and it’s particularly noteworthy on two counts.
Baron Hill is a congressman in Indiana, which votes Tuesday. And in his endorsement statement, he specifically cites Obama’s repudiation on Tuesday of his former pastor.
“His comments regarding statements made by Reverend Wright showed me another aspect of Senator Obama’s leadership — a strength of character and commitment to our nation that transcends the personal,” Hill said in a statement provided by the Obama campaign. “One of the tests of a true leader is his ability and willingness to come to a new conclusion based on new events. Senator Obama did just that yesterday.”
UPDATE: From politico, 2 more join Hill with endorsement:
Rep. Lois Capps, who represents a district on California’s central coast, is the third member of Congress to announce an endorsement of Senator Obama Wednesday, the day after he responded sharply to one of the deepest crises of his campaign, a confrontational and, he said, “appalling” set of remarks by his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The campaign is using the flurry of endorsements to shore up political support and demonstrate the frontrunner’s continuing strength.
From Iowa’s WHBF:
An aide to U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, says he will announce his endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday.
Braley spokesman Jeff Giertz says Braley will endorse the Illinois senator during an afternoon conference call. Braley was an early and ardent backer of John Edwards, but had remained uncommitted since Edwards dropped out of the race at the end of January.
Braley is a superdelegate and his endorsement will further add to Obama’s fragile lead in delegates in the race against Hillary Rodham Clinton. Giertz says Braley made his decision after seeing the overwhelming support for Obama in district conventions last weekend in his 1st District in eastern Iowa.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Despite what’s happening to Obama’s viability in the general, in the primary, it’s obvious that he will get the nomination, and the SuperDelegates are climbing on board. There is another factor: Dems are paranoid about losing the Black vote… as if they could. Democrats, with their congressional majorities, could place a bounty on blacks, and they would still get the Black vote.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
I think this shows that Obama is worried — he’s rolling out some of the supers he was stockpiling in order to allay fears that his campaign might be collapsing.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Obama is really racking up the Blue Dog Democrat endorsements.
That’s rather interesting. I suppose they don’t think he’ll be a drag in their conservative districts.
Baron Hill in particular should be worried about Obama being a drag in his rural 9th district.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
If you want something really bad, you will get it, no matter what. Americans in general want the confidence in their future, and it is hard to do so now, especially with the current White House Administration. Yes, Obama only says that he can make our future better without saying how to do it, but that is what the average voters want to hear. They do not like too much what the Republican Party have to offer; it lost their trust, after all. Unlikely some candidates, McCain has not acknowledge the faults of the Republican leaders. These voters will deny that there is no alternative. Obama is their anti-Republican vote, regardless of who or what Obama is. Yes, Obama will be our next President, unless we have a Perot-like candidate, someone who actually offer solutions. It may be Ron Paul; it may be Mitt. Huckabee could rein in quite a few votes (but he’s as idiotic as Obama, anyway). It could even be Bloomberg! The voters will look for anyone but Republican to lead them.