Clyburn Endorses Obama

More superdelegates likely to follow
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 3, 2008 8:33 AM CDT
Clyburn Endorses Obama
House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., talks with reporters in New Orleans about the efforts in Congress to bring relief to the Gulf Coast some two years after Hurricanes Katrina.   (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

House Majority whip James Clyburn, the top-ranking African American in Congress, endorsed Barack Obama this morning, CNN reports. “Senator Obama brings a new vision for our future and new voters to our cause,” Clyburn said. “He has created levels of energy and excitement that I have not witnessed since the 1960s.” Clyburn is the first of today’s expected wave of superdelegate endorsements.

The South Carolina rep’s allegiance is no surprise; his daughter works for Obama, and Clyburn has repeatedly criticized the Clintons for perceived race baiting. But he is the first member of House leadership to endorse, and is pushing hard to get the 73 remaining uncommitted representatives to follow suit. Obama needs 46 more delegates to clinch the nomination. (More James Clyburn stories.)

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