Second Female Senator Endorses Obama (Klobuchar - MN)

[Hissyspit]

Source: Associated Press

Second Female Senator Endorses Obama
2008-03-31 13:12:21
By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writer

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Barack Obama secured the backing of a second female senator on Monday as a top supporter of rival Hillary Rodham Clinton raised expectations for Obama in the upcoming Pennsylvania primary.

Freshman Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who recently voiced concerns about the rancorous tone of the Democratic primary, said she was forced to choose between two friends and picked Obama.

"Between Barack and a hard place, I chose Barack," she told reporters in a conference call. "He's able to dissolve the hard cynical edge that has dominated our politics under the Bush administration."

Klobuchar joins Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill in backing Obama, who hasn't fared as well with white female voters as Clinton has in the primaries. The two presidential candidates each have the backing of 13 senators, who are superdelegates to the convention


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[Lautremont]

1. That Touch Of Klobuchar. (nt)

[Bucky]

2. I can't believe she called Clinton "a hard place". That's just so tacky

[truthisfreedom]

4. I'm sure it was simply a play on words (Ba-ROCK and a hard place) and wasn't intended as a slight.

[Lerkfish]

3. they must be misogynist women haters! wait a minute....

[nomorenomore08]

5. Considering that there are (unfortunately) only 16 female senators,

that's a whopping 12.5% explicitly backing Obama. Pretty impressive, and I'm not being sarcastic either.