**** SD: Ausman for Obama, oh wait, Clinton ******

[Hola]

http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2008/06/ausmans-pick-cl.html

Ausman's (FL) pick: Clinton

Tallahassee superdelegate Jon Ausman acknowledged moments ago that Barack Obama is a "terrific candidate" and "he is going to be our candidate." But Ausman said he is supporting Hillary Clinton.

"I'm sending a message that he needs to unify our party," Ausman said.

Ausman said he spoke with Sen. Clinton earlier today for about 25 minutes, at a time when he was leaning toward supporting Sen. Obama. He said the call itself didn't sway him, but hearing from media reports that Obama had received enough super-delegate support to get the nomination.

"Once I knew Obama had enough votes anyway, I decided I wanted to send a message of unity," Ausman said.

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Looks like the reports that Obama has already won is actually hurting the guy. This is a little nuts.

[Gore1FL]

1. Interesting --

His plan was one of the two that the DNC adopted that Clinton supporters seemed pissed about.

[NYC_SKP]

2. And what he said suggests a plot

to hold back her full support unless given the slot.

[gmudem]

3. LOL how does that encourage unity?

Even though we know who the nominee is I'm going to support Clinton who I now know can't win.

Uh, what? This guy seems a little confused.

[Pryderi]

4. A message of unity is to vote against the nominee? How does that work?

[Oregone]

5. He had trouble constructing a logical argument about endorsing anyone....

He thought he "shall" endorse Obama at one point, but after months of contemplating what that might mean, a stumped Ausman realized he "shall" also be "permitted" to endorse Hillary. In confusion, he tossed a coin, contemplated its ambiguous result for a few days, and took the only logical step he could.

[Oregone]

7. I just realized if you parse his endorsement enough, its possible he really did endorsed Obama,

but only if you give him 200% voting power, which could be accomplished by reading every other word of the DNC Rules, article 2, subsection 3 (and translating such to latin first). So he is clearly in the Obama court, with complete unity.

[Bicoastal]

6. "ARE actually hurting the guy." And you're still wrong.

Jimmy Carter is throwing his lot in with Obama. Sounds A-OK to me.

[newmajority]

8. Is Ausman a DLC'er??

Just wondering if this thing Salazar is pushing is an organized DLC plot to desperately hold on to power by forcing Hillary on to the ticket.

[bobbert]

9. ?

[Pryderi]

10. To quote, "As Good As It Gets",

Where do they teach you to talk like this? In some Panama City "Sailor wanna hump-hump" bar, or is it getaway day and your last shot at his whiskey? Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here.