West Virginia Rep (Superdelegate) endorses Obama

[catgirl]

It's extra sweet since he's from a working class district.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080306/pl_cq_politics/politics2682902;_ylt=AmG3CJK3uFCLNrISAAdwBQCs0NUE

[flpoljunkie]

1. Great news! Thanks for posting it!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

2. Keep the good news coming! Thanks.

[writes3000]

3. He's a superdelegate! You should add that to the title!

Great news!

[catgirl]

4. Done. Thanks!

[writes3000]

8. Thank you. Love this news! n/t

[Barack_America]

5. That's fantastic.

Red state Dems know what's up. They know about the importance of coattails.

[locker13]

6. good news

i honestly think the obama campaign is lying when they say they dont have 50 superdelegates lined up, maybe the plan is to drip drip the announcements instead of one big announcement like everybody assumed

[pkz]

7. I am a proud

WV girl today.....GOBAMA!

[Cha]

9. Another Super D who's not

impressed with hilary's gory scare tactics! Thanks, Thank you,..

"Nick J Rahall II told CQ Politics Thursday that he privately made his commitment to Obama about 10 days ago and will officially endorse the delegate leader in the Democratic presidential primary sometime before voters in his state go to the polls.

"The new voters he has brought to the process this year and the new direction, in my opinion, add up to what our country needs," Rahall said.

Obama has struggled to win the support of the type of working-class white voters who populate much of Rahall's 3rd district in the southern portion of the state. In the Ohio primary on Tuesday, many of them backed Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Rahall acknowledged that his pick may be out of step with the leanings of the Democratic voters in his district."I recognize this may not be a popular decision in my district," he said. The district has the third‑lowest median income in the country."

[MyNameGoesHere]

10. delete. forget it you can have him. n/t

[Barack_America]

11. Kicking for jgraz!

[sonias]

12. Woot!

:woohoo:


Sonia

[arundhatiroyfan]

13. Makes me happy to see the endorsements today.

This hopefully gives Obama and his voters even more motivation for the coming weeks.

[FrenchieCat]

14. There are coming in....these delegates, aren't they?

Wow!