(Indiana) State lawmakers endorse Obama

[RiverStone]

INDYSTAR.com

A group of state legislators from every corner of Indiana today endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president.

Thirteen of the 25 lawmakers backing Obama held a Statehouse news conference to urge Hoosiers to support Obama in the May 6 primary election.

"There, you've had it," Sen. Earline Rogers, a Gary Democrat, said after the lawmakers spoke. "Indiana, north, south, east, west, middle. Black, white, Hispanic. Urban, rural. We cross all of these spectrum. And with those kinds of demographics that Indiana possesses, those are precisely the demographics that will make Barack Obama the next president of the United States.

Other legislators are backing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, including House Speaker B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend; Sen. Vi Simpson, D-Ellettsville and Sen. Jean Breaux, D-Indianapolis.

At today's news conference, state Rep. Charlie Brown, D-Gary, said he has been angered by some of the political attacks on Obama, including from Clinton, because of the controversial comments made during sermons by Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

"One of the things that has angered me the most is the comments that Barack Obama should be held accountable for the comments made by his minister," he said.

"That is truly the most ridiculous part of this campaign. ... I wish that that could go away, yet his opponent wants to keep that alive by trying to deflect comments that she made that were kind of erroneous about Bosnia, by saying that well, if she were in church she would just get up and walk out of the church. Does anyone just leave their church home simply because of one or two comments that may be made by their minister if it is their long-standing church home?"

Brown was referring to comments by Clinton, which she has since blamed on sleep deprivation, in which she described a 1996 visit to Bosnia when she was first lady. Clinton spoke of sniper fire that cut short a welcoming ceremony, though news video of that event showed no such problems.

link:

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080327/NEWS05/80327040

My apologies if this is a dupe; it is from a local source on the ground in Indy.

Good news for Barack!

peace~:)


On Edit: Wanted to put in bold Sen. Earline Rogers's statement - it just rocks eh?!

[Cha]

1. This is Excellent, Riverstone!

I was wondering what endorsers of Obama's, after hilary's Bosnia lies have been exposed, have to say about the recent revelations.

Here's Indiana Obama now..when he was there before his trip to the US Virgin Islands..

[ossman]

6. It looks like a lot of sniper fire hit the door! I couldn't resist.

[Cha]

13. This "door" in Indiana was

the discussion of "sniper fire" the other day on DU.. it's been dented by something!

[RiverStone]

9. I wonder if any of those folks are new Super Delegates...

...for Barack?

Anybody know...?

[JimGinPA]

2. K&R

[usregimechange]

3. Excellent news! Hey, anyone have a Obama store coupon code?

Getting ready to purchase some products...

[silverweb]

4. Excellent news!

GObama! GObama!

[Johnny__Motown]

5. Great news, thanks.. and I don't think it is a dupe

[Bullet1987]

7. Indiana will be closer than North Carolina...but I still think Obama

can pull it off and nail Clinton's coffin shit once and for all.

[usregimechange]

8. Yep, and those two victories ought to end it, but it won't. Hillary would rip out her own eyes

before quiting, Dems be damned.

[RiverStone]

11. If enough Super Delegates come out for Obama...

They can force Hillary to end it - even if she won't.

[usregimechange]

12. Maybe if it pushes him over the magic number

[liberaldem4ever]

10. K & R!!

[SoxFan]

14. K&R

[Kukesa]

15. Big KICK! Great post. n/t

[GoneOffShore]

16. Kicking this

Roll on Indiana -

And Texas is almost done.

PA is coming up and Obama's closing the gap.

:bounce:

[blonndee]

17. Good news! Widespread, diverse support,

as the lawmakers pointed out. Gobama!

[mckeown1128]

18. kick. NT