Superdelegate: David Parker

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:08:55 -0500

David Parker will decide on coattails.

The Statesville attorney, a member of the Democratic National Committee since 1995, will be a superdelegate at the national convention.

For now, he's uncommitted to either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.

Parker, a former school board member in Iredell County, has been a superdelegate in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 conventions, but he's never gotten this much attention.

"I'm not that important," he said, noting he has just one vote, "but the decision will come down to people like me."

He said he would decide based on what he hears from other North Carolina Democrats, but also on which candidate he thinks would help the most in down-ticket races, especially U.S. senator.

On the candidates, Parker and his wife once danced at the White House near the Clintons, and he was "tremendously impressed" with Obama when he met him at a DNC event. But neither campaign will be able to twist his arm.

"I've got a pretty big arm," he said.