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House Majority Whip to Endorse Tuesday

May 29, 2008 1:48 PM

Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-SC, the House Majority Whip, told the Stamford (Conn.) Advocate that he will announce whom he as a superdelegate is backing on the last primary day of the season, Tuesday June 3.

"As the House majority whip, I didn't want to interject myself into the process," Clyburn told the paper. That said, he voted in the South Carolina primary. "I'm not undecided, just unpledged."

The question is not whether Clyburn will come out for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, but how many other Representatives come off the fence.

- jpt

UPDATE: I'm told the report that Clyburn will announce at 11 am Tuesday is not true -- that he will be on a plane at that time.

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Let's just get this over with. I am sick of the Clintons, Lanny Davis, James Carville and Paul Begala. Hopefully, on Wednesday, we will finally have our nominee and our next POTUS - Senator Obama.

Posted by: Carolyn Grace | May 29, 2008 10:51:13 PM

Give me a break - he has been falsely calling the Clintons racists now for months to gin up black support in NC and elsewhere and he expects everyone to think he won't come out for Obama? What a hoot! Maybe he would like to explain the disgusting video of the next visiting pastor at Trinity Church who thinks they can can degrade and use racist terms against Hillary again. I just watched it on CNN and it is disgusting! How does Clyburn feel about false charges of racism really after watching that video?

Posted by: Patty | May 29, 2008 10:10:08 PM

Come out, he has been supporting Barack since day one, what's this nonsense about an official endorsement, he already has.

Posted by: liar | May 29, 2008 9:46:40 PM

Come out, he has been supporting Barack since day one, what's this nonsense about an official endorsement, he already has.

Posted by: liar | May 29, 2008 9:44:29 PM

Hillary SHOULD take it to the convention!

The party is fractured anyway, and the candidate they're pushing will put this country in even deepr doo doo thatn it's now in!

Posted by: sraight talk | May 29, 2008 8:43:33 PM

What.Say.Me... | May 29, 2008 4:30:21 PM:


Except for the party,

BHO IS another GWB!

Posted by: blue bird | May 29, 2008 8:40:02 PM

Obama lies and lies again - about his relationships with Rezko and Wright, about his parents' meeting, about his mysterious uncle that liberated concentration camps, about his father's connection to the Kennndy family, about his connection to Ayers and Dohrn.
On top of everything, he's not even a good liar!!
What is he good for? I guess a mouth piece for Axelrod/Ayers/Rezko/Wright/Pfleger.
How pathetic!

Posted by: alee25 | May 29, 2008 8:39:33 PM

I believe Rep. Clyburn is responsible for much of the race-baiting that has been injected into this primary. He will have to live with his actions and his words.

Posted by: PNolan | May 29, 2008 8:29:58 PM

dwc,

You heard that on Rush Limbaugh again today, too? Or was it Hannity or Levine? Tsk, tsk.

Vetted? Obama's going to win no matter how many lies "conservative" radio show hosts tell. Are they still promoting Hillary?

Obama '08!

Posted by: voter08 | May 29, 2008 7:43:52 PM

I have two important reasons for not voting for Hillary:

1.) The perfection to which she has developed the art of lying.

2.) Her naivete in foreign affairs, to wit, she made a corkscrew landing under sniper fire into Bosnia. Her only backup was her then twelve-year-old daughter, a guitar player and a comedian. She could have least had a sax player with her.

Posted by: rhbate | May 29, 2008 7:00:27 PM

Speaker Pelosi might have been under the influence of Botox when she spoke today.

Posted by: Anders Scooper | May 29, 2008 6:34:44 PM

Who cares who the whip endorses. If he steps loudly John McCain may be his president.

Posted by: Anders Scooper | May 29, 2008 6:29:35 PM

it pains me that she is being pushed out and I don't understand why.

Posted by: Veronica | May 29, 2008 5:38:02 PM
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She is not being "pushed out," she is just not being pushed in. We are all just as passionate for Obama as you are for Hillary; the difference is, Obama has more votes and more delegates.

Posted by: rhbate | May 29, 2008 5:55:21 PM

COUNT ALL THE VOTES, INCLUDING CAUCUSES!

I thought Hillary's mantra was: "Count Every Vote." If that is the case, why doesn't she want to count the votes of Alaska, American Samoa, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Nebraska, Washington, Hawaii and Wyoming? They all voted by caucus and, they voted for Obama. Could that be the reason she DOES NOT want every vote to count?

Posted by: rhbate | May 29, 2008 5:51:44 PM

I believe with all my heart and soul that Hillary is the one to lead our country and it pains me that she is being pushed out and I don't understand why. I have been around long enough to see primaries go to the convention but oh, yes it was just men running back then. Give me a break. Why can't those big wigs let America decide.

Posted by: Veronica | May 29, 2008 5:38:02 PM

Why wouldn't he have a choice?? If the super delegates come out before the convention then they are shutting down the democratic process in an attempt to influence the outcome. However, every voter in America(yes I think they are even going to let the people living in Florida and Michigan vote AND count in the general election)will have a say. So when you hear Democrats saying they are going to vote for McCain in November one can only wonder if the actions of the supers will be responsible for putting McCain in office.

Posted by: unstoppable 08 | May 29, 2008 4:47:18 PM

Clyburn is going to endorse Clinton, wait and see. He's been critical of the Clintons, but never far enough to be against her either.

Posted by: Brett | May 29, 2008 4:31:59 PM

So let me get this straight...no matter who you're supporting now (Obama or Clinton), you're telling me that despite gas prices that are out the wazzoo, a war that we shouldn't be fighting and we all know it, and the economy in the dumps -- all by 8 years of Republican BS, you'll vote against this countries best interest (a Democratic candidate) for another 4 years of GWB.

Wise up, people. When this becomes a general election campaign and it's the Democratic nominee vs. the Republican nominee, all of us will ride our donkey to the polls to get things put back on the right track.

Posted by: What.Say.Me... | May 29, 2008 4:30:21 PM

Martin:

I'm sorry, but I think you meant to say McCain, who was brainwashed when he was in Vietnam and made propaganda films for them (the MSM won't cover this, but it's true) is "Socialist, Marxist, and Terrorist sympathiser". McCain is truly the Manchurian Candidate.

Posted by: demosthenes | May 29, 2008 4:29:10 PM

If Cyburn claims he is a Democrat, then endorses Barack Obama, the Socialist, Marxist and terrorist sympathizer, one must wonder if he believes in America and democracy.
Maybe both he and Obama are two corrupt peas in a pod. They care nothing about the will of the people.

Posted by: Martin | May 29, 2008 4:22:31 PM

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