DC Superdelegate Withdraws Support for Hillary Clinton. (Moves to Undecided)

[tekisui]

A D.C. Council member and unpledged Democratic delegate has withdrawn his prominent public support for Sen. Hillary Clinton, preferring instead to be listed as undecided in the race for the nomination.

Ward 5 D.C. Councilman Harry Thomas Jr. was elected last week by the D.C. Democratic State Committee as a delegate to the national convention. Thomas, who had previously endorsed Clinton, was listed as a Clinton backer on a delegate spreadsheet circulated Monday by the committee.

But by the end of the day, the party had retracted that announcement, and Thomas was switched to simply “unpledged.”

“He wants to confer with the party,” said Vicky Leonard-Chambers, Thomas’ spokeswoman.

The District will send 39 delegates to the Democratic convention in Denver, including 15 pledged delegates, the 20 so-called superdelegates and two unpledged add-on delegates — Thomas and Ward 7 Councilwoman Yvette Alexander.

Although Barack Obama romped in D.C.’s Feb. 12 primary, taking 75 percent to Clinton’s 24 percent, the most recent count, according to the local committee, has 21 for Obama, 12 for Clinton and the remaining six undecided. Every vote is considered crucial in the tight race for delegates.

In Thomas’ Ward 5, Obama won 83.15 percent of the vote to Clinton’s 16.01 percent.

Nationally, Obama has won 1,414 delegates to Clinton’s 1,250, according to the Associated Press. A survey of superdelegates shows Clinton with 250 and Obama with 218. The winning candidate will need 2,024 delegates.

more at link: http://www.examiner.com/a-1326716%7ED_C__councilman_no_longer_member_of_Clinton_camp.html

Current Superdelegate Count, as per DCW:
Obama-221
Clinton-245

Obama within 24.

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html

[AtomicKitten]

1. Inch by inch, block by block, state by state

[Cha]

2. I would hope Harry Thomas would

confer with figures like that.

In Thomas’ Ward 5, Obama won 83.15 percent of the vote to Clinton’s 16.01 percent.

Thanks D.C. for your Obama Votes!

[leftofcool]

3. hate mail from Obama supporters?

[tekisui]

4. Talking out of your ass?

[Yael]

5. Wrong camp

I believe it is Camp Clinton that sends the threatening notes to politicians. You know -- about withholding funds?

;)

[Catherina]

9. More like this. It's too bad Hillary's not getting the message

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX-24Zm0bjk

I do what I can
inch by inch
step by step
mile by mile
man by man

Bye bye mein Herr.
Bye bye mein lieber Herr.
Auf wiedersehen, mein Herr.

[MagickMuffin]

6. It would seem to me he should look at the voting data for his district

:kick: & RRRRRRRRR

[mdmc]

7. oh no

:wow:

[Adelante]

8. Yay!

Thanks :)