Posted on 06/03/2008 4:42:12 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
Uncommitted Senate superdelegates say they are unlikely to weigh in with endorsements for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) until Wednesday at the earliest.
The remaining superdelegates in the Senate say they are holding out in the final hours of the Democratic presidential primary mostly to see what their other colleague, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), chooses to do, and how she decides to move forward in the next 24 hours.
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) who has not yet endorsed either Obama or Clinton, urged the 17 other uncommitted superdelegates in his chamber to “keep their decision in their pocket” for the time being while Clinton irons out her plans. Reid said he would make his own endorsement by the end of the week.
“Senator Clinton needs to be left alone,” Reid said in a news conference on Tuesday afternoon, adding that Clinton should not feel forced to concede abruptly. Reid said his colleagues should “let this week work its course,” and then decide.
Other uncommitted superdelegates agreed with that rationale and said they would make endorsements no earlier than Wednesday.
“I think we all need to allow for an opportunity for Sen. Clinton to do what she needs to do…and what people expect she’s going to do,” Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) said on Tuesday, adding that Clinton should be “given the space” she needs.
“For most of us, we’ll probably be waiting until tomorrow,” Salazar said.
Salazar and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said they would be meeting with the other undecided superdelegates on Wednesday morning to decide how to proceed and if they might make a group endorsement. The undecided Senate superdelegates also met Monday to discuss how to proceed on making their endorsements.
“We’re meeting to discuss what, if anything, we might do as a group,” Harkin said.
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“We’re meeting to discuss what, if anything, we might do as a group,”
circle jerk
Waitin fer the whitey tape.
They are just scared to piss of the Hildabeast or else she may set off the SNUKE.
Don’t matter anyway.
If Obama can’t score 10 Pledge Delegates today from two primaries, he should quit the race.
You ain’t seen nuttin yet Obama. I wouldn’t count them chickens quite yet.
Keeping their powder dry. Bah!
Give her her space? Make a dceision tomorrow? That’s a LOT of space. NOT>
I’m sure as hell keeping MY powder dry!
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