My Local Superdelegate is Endorsing Obama Today

[redstate_democrat]

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State Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, a national Democratic superdelegate from University City, plans to announce today that she's endorsing Barack Obama for president.

Chappelle-Nadal, 33, has been among six Missouri superdelegates who've remained neutral in the combative contest between Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. The state's other 10 superdelegates earlier had split 5-5 between the two.

Last weekend, Chappelle-Nadal said she received more than 500 e-mails from supporters of Obama or Clinton.

She said she privately had shifted between Clinton and Obama for months. But in the end, the deciding factor was the enthusiasm that Obama has generated among young people and unaligned independents, said Chappelle-Nadal.


At 33, she is the state's youngest superdelegate.

"This is a year that the mere existence of a single candidate, Barack Obama, has inspired people in my district to believe in the greater good," Chappelle-Nadal said.

She noted that Obama had carried her legislative district in Missouri's Feb. 5 presidential primary, which he narrowly won statewide.

The remaining uncommitted Missouri superdelegates include state Attorney General Jay Nixon, who is running for governor, and Secretary of State Robin Carnahan.

I was emailing her like crazy. Yeah! I know Carnahan is for Obama. I don't know about Nixon. He's such a loser.

[DerekJ]

1. Is that just now?! I mean is that a new SD?

[redstate_democrat]

2. Yes

[DerekJ]

3. Nice, Thanks

:kick: & R

[grantcart]

4. great find - yours will be the first on the update thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6236886

[redstate_democrat]

5. Great.

I said I would be checking on the supers tonight and tomorrow night. I have my list and checking it twice. I want to know the exact hour they became cowards "in my book" by not endorsing Obama before he already got the nomination.

[Boz]

6. They are not cowards the campaign is coordinating.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6237215&mesg_id=6237215

[pnorman]

7. I had to Google to check, but my Congressman, Jim McDermott, is on board.

He went over last month: http://www.theolympian.com/politicsblog/story/449990.html

AFAIK: Senators Murray and Cantwell are still for Clinton. But hopefully, they'll both see the light. (Perhaps by today?)

pnorman