Miller to endorse Obama

U.S. Rep. Brad Miller has just gotten out of a meeting with Barack Obama in D.C.

The Raleigh Democrat, a superdelegate, will announce today that he is endorsing Obama for president. Obama overwhelmingly won the Tar Heel state in Tuesday's primary, picking up Miller's Thirteenth Congressional District by 63 percent.

"Senator Obama understands that he has the chance not just to win the election this year, but to be a great president," Miller said in a statement.

He also praised Hillary Clinton, saying the decision was "not easy."

"Senator Clinton has run an impressive campaign, and has spoken eloquently to the concerns to working and middle class American families," he said.

Miller, part of the left-leaning wing of the state’s Democratic delegation, had not yet made an endorsement. His wife, Esther Hall, sat behind Obama at the senator’s election night speech in Raleigh, but Miller said he didn’t have advance notice she would be there.

Obama's other superdelegate endorsements include U.S. Reps. David Price, Mel Watt and G.K. Butterfield. Of the state's 17 superdelegates, Obama now has nine; Clinton three.

Previously: Brad Miller Endorsement Watch, Parts 1, 2 and 3.