HRC Picks Up A Superdelegate

Former Pittsburgh Mayor Sophie Masloff.

Comments

Former mayors are superdelegates?

Posted by More Axe | April 10, 2008 10:35 AM

It's pretty amazing that with virtually the entire Democratic establishment working against him, Obama is now within only a few points of Hillary in most recent polls. It's Man Against The Machine.

Posted by Howard B. | April 10, 2008 10:43 AM

Her reason? "It's been very difficult for me to sit on the sidelines and fail to support a woman."

Posted by south side | April 10, 2008 10:47 AM

Oh god, that's her reason? She actually gave that as a reason? That's so sad. I would love to support a strong female candidate but this woman is so far from it and her rise, with its mix of nepotism and cronyism is hardly feminist.

Posted by Arabella | April 10, 2008 10:51 AM

"virtually the entire Democratic establishment working against ... Obama?"

WTF?

Posted by sbj | April 10, 2008 11:05 AM

GO TEAM!
The sad thing about Obama supporters is that they don't think any reasoning but their own is reasonable.
Support Hillary? Support a female pol? Say it out loud?
Now will come the obama asswipes who think their definition of feminism is superior to anyone elses, telling us that Hillary is no feminist, that it is un-american to vote that way.

they keep saying people should not still be on the sidelines AND that superdelegates owe it to the great american electorate to declare their intentions but now the snide comments will come that she declared the wrong way, for the wrong person, or that she is bucking the will of the electorate.
One wonders if the piousness of the obama supporters is like a skin condition for which creams or ointments can be prescribed and applied to help.

Posted by Michael C. | April 10, 2008 11:39 AM

I slumped at the reason, too. It's the only one she gives.

More Axe, she's a DNC member.

Posted by Deborah | April 10, 2008 11:54 AM

Supporting a woman just because she's a woman doesn't get us anywhere. Hillary has a lot of good, strong qualities. I wish this DNC official could have come up with even one of them. It make HRC look like a special interest candidate, further marginalizing her, when she gets endorsements like this.

Posted by Miko | April 10, 2008 12:12 PM

According to Politico, Obama got one as well today - so it's all squared up: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0408/A_superdelegate_each.html

Posted by Steve | April 10, 2008 12:42 PM

SBJ,

I was referring to the entire Democratic establishment in Pennsylvania. It's pretty much a lock for Clinton.

Posted by Howard B. | April 10, 2008 12:51 PM

Miko is a case in point telling people that supporting hillary because she is a woman doesn't get us anywhere. Is miko saying the same thing about black america identifying their hopes and dreams in Obama because of race?

don't tell me all of black america likes his health care plan better or that they think only he can end the war and that's their single issue.
This anti-hillary nonsense is a transparent double standard.
The dnc and America all know they both have essentially the same voting record and beyond that we all have the candiates we keep faith with
but allowing race to be one but saying gender can't is very sloppy thinking.

Posted by Michael C | April 10, 2008 11:36 PM

It looks like this is the second time she's endorsed HRC.

The first time ended in February:

http://ruralvotes.com/thefield/?p=1032

Maybe HRC can have SDs drop her, and then they can reendorse her, that way she'll have a lot more endorsements. In theory she could get endorsed a thousand (why not go for a million) times with this strategy, it's brilliant.

Posted by Jonathon | April 11, 2008 12:00 AM