May 14, 2008
Student Superdelegates Pick Obama
Barack Obama has picked up the support of the president and vice president of the College Democrats of America, both of whom are superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention.
Lauren Wolfe, the group’s president, and Awais Khaleel, the vice president, announced their decisions in a YouTube video (below) after they solicited advice from fellow students in the same venue.
The student leaders said Senator Obama has spoken out about issues like college affordability and the war in Iraq that affect college students. They lauded the Democratic candidate for inspiring record numbers of young people to vote in the primaries and including them in his “coalition that is ready to get the country back on track.”
In weighing whom to endorse, Ms. Wolfe and Mr. Khaleel have been in a tough spot, reports The Washington Post, because College Democrats of America is a part of the Democratic National Committee and the student leaders are, in turn, officers of the DNC. Howard Dean, the DNC chairman, and other officers of the organization have yet to endorse a candidate.
“DNC rules require officers to withhold endorsements until the last primary or until there is a presumptive nominee,” a DNC spokeswoman told the Post. The DNC declined to comment to the newspaper about the student leaders’ endorsement.
Sara Hebel | Posted on Wednesday May 14, 2008 | PermalinkComments
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Okay … now when is Hillary going to wake up and smell the coffee? She’s last week’s news! How inept is the DNC leadership that they can’t somehow deliver the news to the Clintons that America does want another Clinton in the White House?
— marci May 14, 09:03 PM #