Civil Rights Hero Makes It Official: I’m Dumping Clinton for Obama

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Two weeks ago I identified a possible tipping point for Barack Obama: Representative John Lewis’s statement that he probably would vote for Obama as a superdelegate at the Democratic convention.

Now the civil rights hero has made it official by actually endorsing Obama.

Lewis has a lot of cred among House Democrats, among African American Democrats, among superdelegates. His move is an indicator that Clinton, who has a lead in committed superdelegates at this point, may not be able to count on that support. Lewis’s announcement–even though it’s not so newsy given his previous statement–is rather bad news for the Clinton camp.

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