Clinton Superdelegate Reveals He Voted for Obama


	Clinton Superdelegate Reveals He Voted for Obama

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5-15-2008 5:40 PM

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Clinton superdelegate <SPAN id="lw_1210838318_0" class="yshortcuts">Brad Ellsworth</SPAN> said Wednesday that he cast his vote in the May 6 <SPAN id="lw_1210838318_1" class="yshortcuts">Indiana</SPAN> Democratic presidential primary for <SPAN id="lw_1210838318_2" class="yshortcuts">Illinois</SPAN> <SPAN id="lw_1210838318_3" class="yshortcuts">Sen. Barack Obama</SPAN>, adding yet another intriguing twist to the mystery of just who the conservative freshman lawmaker supports.                        
                        </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080514/pl_cq_politics/politics2841491">"In the booth, I voted for Obama," said Ellsworth, who announced after the Indiana primary that he planned to use his vote as a superdelegate to support <SPAN id="lw_1210838318_4" class="yshortcuts">New York</SPAN> <SPAN id="lw_1210838318_5" class="yshortcuts">Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton</SPAN> unless there was a compelling reason not to back her.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080514/pl_cq_politics/politics2841491"><P>That was taken by many observers, most notably the Clinton campaign, as an endorsement. But Ellsworth's office quickly sought to clarify that, saying that the commitment of his superdelegate vote was contingent on the race going all the way to the convention and was not tantamount to an endorsement.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080514/pl_cq_politics/politics2841491">Instead, Ellsworth notes that he is following the wishes of the Democrats in his southwestern 8th District, who overwhelmingly favored Clinton and helped her to a narrow win in the <SPAN id="lw_1210838318_6" class="yshortcuts">Hoosier</SPAN></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/74542626-DD53-4A0E-A3D2-552A956A8B90/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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