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Re: Offerman endorses Obama

liam — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:21:22 -0400

I know, right!

My favorite was the Statesville super who just announced yesterday night. In an earlier interview he said that he "relished his role as a superdelegate." I'm sure he did, the goober.

These profiles in courage could have saved the nation a lot of anxiety and trouble by endorsing when it mattered instead of when it was the least risky. All these weak-kneed starry eyed celebrity worshiping second-rate Democratic operatives relishing their courtship from Dick Durbin or Harold Ickes over the last three months, bleh! It makes me sick.

Re: Offerman endorses Obama

dahedgehog — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:31:51 -0400

What a courageous decision. Doesn't she realize that she could have "brought the Democratic party together" much earlier if she and the rest of her undecided superdelegates had simply declared for one side or the other?

Offerman endorses Obama

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Muriel Offerman of Raleigh was one of several superdelegates who endorsed Barack Obama Tuesday night after the final Democratic primary results were calculated.

"I said from the very beginning," Offerman told Dome, "the scheduled primaries needed to take place. I do believe it's time to bring the Democratic Party together."

Offerman, a deputy chairwoman of the state Employment Security Commission, had been heavily lobbied by both Hillary Clinton and Obama, Rob Christensen reports.

"The bottom line," Offerman said, "is we are ready to move on to defeat John McCain and having a real change in Washington."

Previously: The Hamlet Superdelegates