Hillary Clinton released a list of state politicians who have endorsed her.
The list of 60 names includes former U.S. Sen. Robert Morgan, state Sens. Dan Clodfelter and Julia Boseman, state Reps. Susan Fisher and Ronnie Sutton and Mecklenburg County Commissioners Parks Helms and Jennifer Roberts.
"Hillary is the most qualified person for the job — she is a doer and a fighter,” said Julia Boseman in a statement. "I am impressed by her plans to bring health care to all Americans, lower gas prices, and create renewable energy solutions."
It also includes former state Reps. Steve Dolley, Jim Morgan, Max Melton, and Tom Rabon; and former state Sens. Allen Wellons, Frank Block, Tom Taft, Aaron Plyler and Russell Walker.
County commissioners on the list: Gary Barber of Ashe County; Wade Nelms of Carteret County; Gene Gregory of Currituck County; Kay Cashion of Guilford County; Mike Nelson of Orange County; Charles Ward of Perquimans County; Eugene James and Beth Ward of Pitt County; Tommy Melton of Polk County; Roger Oxendine of Robeson County; John Bell, Atlas Price and Roland "Bud" Gray of Wayne County; Tommy Garner of Yadkin County; and Lindy Brown and Betty Lou Ward of Wake County.
Also on the list: Elon Mayor Jerry Tolley, Roanoke Rapids Mayor D.N. Beale, Princeton Mayor Donald Rains, Ayden Mayor Stephen Tripp, Grimesland Mayor Gerald Whitley, Mount Olive Mayor Ray McDonald Sr. and Yadkinville Mayor Hubert Gregory.


Re: State pols endorse Clinton
Clinton will win the General Election
by oldskooldem
Thu May 01, 2008 at 08:13:16 AM PDT
A series of Quinnipiac polls just released shows exactly why Clinton should be the nominee. These polls were just released today, contain a high number of interviewees, and relatively low sample size.
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/...
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Florida--the state that decided the 2000 Election
Clinton 49 - McCain 41; McCain 44 - Obama 43;
Ohio--the state that decided the 2004 Election
Clinton 48 - McCain 38; McCain 43 - Obama 42:
Pennsylvania--the state Hillary just won by double digits
Clinton 51 - McCain 37; Obama 47 – McCain 38
Now I'll be the first to argue that despite Hillary's double digit win, Pennsylvania doesn't "matter". There is no meaningful delta between Clinton's 14 point victory there and Obama's 9 point victory. We win Pennsylvania no matter what.
Florida and Ohio, however, are different stories. They show a weak Obama--losing to McCain by 1 point in each state, and a strong, powerful Hillary--beating McCain by 8 in Florida and 10 in Ohio. Not only are these amounts outside of the margin of Victory, I can promise you that if Clinton wins Ohio and Florida, we have a Democratic President.
Given that the luster has worn off of the Obama is messiah shpiel, I'd like someone to show me how he comes up with 270 electoral votes based on polls taken in the last 2 weeks.