I'll leave the uniform on the porch.”
Posted on 02/15/2008 12:56:11 AM PST by kingattax
MILWAUKEE — Representative John Lewis, an elder statesman from the civil rights era and one of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s most prominent black supporters, said Thursday night that he planned to cast his vote as a superdelegate for Senator Barack Obama in hopes of preventing a fight at the Democratic convention.
“In recent days, there is a sense of movement and a sense of spirit,” said Mr. Lewis, a Georgia Democrat who endorsed Mrs. Clinton last fall. “Something is happening in America, and people are prepared and ready to make that great leap.”
Mr. Lewis, who carries great influence among other members of Congress, disclosed his decision in an interview in which he said that as a superdelegate he could “never, ever do anything to reverse the action” of the voters of his district, who overwhelmingly supported Mr. Obama.
“I’ve been very impressed with the campaign of Senator Obama,” Mr. Lewis said. “He’s getting better and better every single day.”
His comments came as fresh signs emerged that Mrs. Clinton’s support was beginning to erode from some other African-American lawmakers who also serve as superdelegates. Representative David Scott of Georgia, who was among the first to defect, said he, too, would not go against the will of voters in his district.
The developments came on a day in which Mrs. Clinton set out anew to prove that the fight for the Democratic nomination was far from over. Campaigning in Ohio, she pursued a new strategy of biting attack lines against Mr. Obama, while adopting a newly populist tone as she courted blue-collar voters.
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ANOTHER one? I can NOT believe I read all those stupid Hillary books to have her blown out of the water before the forsythia blooms.
Good golly those Obama books are gonna be a chore.
Owl_Eagle
”You know, I'm going to start thanking
the woman who cleans the restroom in
the building I work in. I'm going to start
thinking of her as a human being”-Hillary Clinton
(Yes, she really said that
Peggy Noonan
The Case Against Hillary Clinton, pg 55)
Make that “Fat First Lady”.
Rep. Lewis better make it “full tilt”. It “takes a village”, I guess... How fast the African-Americans turned on their first “Black President” and his wife.
Stop the presses!
Here’s a scoop for the ages:
Another black racist endorses the black candidate!
Who could have seen this coming?
When all those “elder statesm(e)n from the civil rights era” are finally dead, maybe we’ll be able to make some real progress in this country. Until that time, they will insist that everything is about race. Everything.
I’m not sure, but I think that may have been Major Owens. There are so many idiots in the RAT part that it gets very confusing at times.
Man, this is sad. I was hoping for a real good show.
This is just boring.
Wrong guy.
I guess Obama’s payoff to superdelegate John Lewis was bigger than Hill’s.
While I respect Mr. Lewis’ past, he is way beyond any useful thought. He rests on the laurels of 40 years ago in a tailor made district and bloviates endlessly.
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