But I think the reasoning for his changing (that his district overwhelmingly voted for Obama) is much stronger than "I like Clinton better"... so I think the odds of them switching back are much less.
Slainte,
Rob Harrington
----- Original Message ----
From: isabelle <isabelle_ms@yahoo.com>
To: Dems2008@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:22:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Dems2008] Rep John Lewis switches from Clinton to Obama
Rob let me ask you something though. If these people
make a commitment and then change it, and the vote and
public opinion by some stroke of providence changes in
the other direction, can you trust that they won't
change again? This super delegate thing is stupid and
these people are proving it by changing with whichever
way the wind blows at the time. The Clintons for
whatever anyone may think of them, made the careers of
and have helped alot of people who are now crapping
all over them and I have no respect for that.
--- Rob Harrington <Eamon1916@yahoo.com> wrote:
> It's been rumoured about for weeks... now here's the
> confirmation:
>
>
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/02/27/Lewis_0228_web.html
>
> Washington â€" Hoping to put
> an end to a month of confusion and dismay, Rep. John
> Lewis on Wednesday
> said he's switching his support from Sen. Hillary
> Clinton to Sen.
> Barack Obama in the race for the Democratic
> presidential nomination.
> Lewis cited the overwhelming preference for Obama in
> his district as
> a reason for his change of heart, but he also talked
> about Obama's
> campaign as transformational for the nation.
> "Something's happening in
> America, something some of us did not see coming,"
> Lewis said. "Barack
> Obama has tapped into something that is
> extraordinary.
> Lewis, an Atlanta Democrat and an elder of the civil
> rights
> movement, at first sparked outrage from Georgia's
> African American
> community by backing Clinton, a friend, over Obama,
> the nation's first
> viable
> African American candidate.
> Then confusion struck about a week ago when Lewis
> told the New York
> Times that, as a super delegate to the Democratic
> National Convention,
> he would feel compelled to vote for Obama as the
> nominee because his
> district â€" and the state's African American
> population overall â€" so
> overwhelmingly for Obama in the state primary.
> Lewis's office later charged that the story was
> inaccurate but did not clarify who Lewis was
> actually backing.
> In an interview in his congressional office, Lewis
> said the decision
> to switch his support was a difficult one, a choice
> between a longtime
> friend and a little-known black man.
> "I did it because I felt I had to support Mrs.
> Clinton because of
> our friendship," Lewis said. "But also I thought she
> was ready to lead.
> Lewis had placed a called to Clinton's office
> Wednesday morning but
> hadn't heard back from her. He also had a
> Please-Return-The-Call
> message of his own from Obama. By midday, he still
> hadn't returned it.
> "It's been a long, hard and difficult struggle to
> come to where I am now," Lewis said.
>
>
>
> Slainte,
> Rob Harrington
>
>
>
>
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