Cincinnati Mayor / Superdelegate Mark Mallory Endorses Obama

[jefferson_dem]

Mallory's statement on Obama

COLUMBUS, OH—Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory announced his endorsement of Barack Obama at today’s “Keeping America’s Promise” Rally at the University of Cincinnati.

Mayor Mallory is a Superdelegate and will cast his vote for Obama at the Democratic Convention in Denver this summer. He joins fellow in Ohio Superdelegates Sonny Nardi and David Wilhelm in supporting Senator Obama.

“Barack Obama is inspiring and exciting people in Cincinnati in way I haven’t seen before, bringing new people into the political process because they believe in his message that when we come together, anything is possible,” Mayor Mallory said. “We know the challenges we face are steep—finally providing a quality education for every child; making sure that every American has health care. But we also know that with the right leadership, we can put the partisanship and the special interests aside and finally make progress again for working people. I’m endorsing Barack Obama today for the same reason that so many Cincinnatians are supporting him: because we know he’s the candidate who can bring about the change we need.”

“Mayor Mallory has seen the kind of impact that Washington’s misguided priorities have had on working people, and he understands that we’re lacking isn’t good ideas—it’s the political will to make them reality,” Senator Obama said. “I’m grateful to have the mayor’s support for this campaign for change as we head into the final week of the campaign in Ohio.”

Following the rally, Obama was to campaign at a “Keeping America’s Promise” Rally at Wright State University in Dayton.

http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/gov/2008/02/mallorys-statement-on-obama.asp

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. A BIG K&R.....

:kick:

[catgirl]

2. I'll second that!

Kick!!!!!

[Tatiana]

3. Nice pickup. n/t

[ORDem]

4. Did he previously endorse Hillary or did he come from the uncommitted pool? n/t

[jefferson_dem]

5. Former Cleveland mayor Michael R. White switches from Clinton to Obama

Former Cleveland mayor Michael R. White switches from Clinton to Obama
Posted by Plain Dealer staff February 25, 2008 16:44PM
Categories: Breaking News, Democratic Party, Elections, Impact, Obama, President, Presidential candidates

PD file/2003
Michael R. WhiteMichael R. White was the 55th mayor of Cleveland, serving three terms from 1990 to 2002. He wrote this essay for The Plain Dealer.
I grew up in an era of hope-not only for Black Americans but for all Americans. It occurred to me at a young age that Dr. King was speaking not just to the plight of Black Americans but to the plight of all socially dispossessed Americans regardless of race or gender. He connected the poor in Harlem to the poor in Appalachia in speech after speech and in city after city which I believe made him a great threat to those who prosper by creating division in America.

Then without warning, I watched helplessly from my parents' living room as bullets killed John Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, felling the very leaders who called us to be agents and voices of change. With their deaths, my hope for a better America was dashed upon the rocks of despair.

Carl Stokes rekindled my hope and made me want to use the system to make a better way for those without a voice. My hope, rekindled by Mayor Stokes, lead me on my journey to City Hall-a journey that took me to Ohio State, to Cleveland City Council, to the Ohio Senate and finally to the Mayor's office. In my almost twenty-eight years of active politics, I sadly watched the political process slowly become a process, not of creating hope, but of sowing as much division as possible in order to garner status, power and control. This division robs us all of the change and progress we need as a country.

Six months ago, I supported Senator Hillary Clinton. My wife JoAnn and I are friends of the Clintons. President Clinton was only the second elected official, after the assassinations of the 1960s, to give me hope again. Not withstanding his personal transgressions, President Clinton loves America and tried to do as much for the same Americans that the Kennedys and Dr. King were concerned about. But, after watching the primary election process by the day and sometimes by the hour, I decided that I cannot cast my vote for Senator Clinton.

On March 4th, I'm voting for Barack Obama because I want real change in our America, and he's made me hopeful that he has the intestinal fortitude to make the change which our country so sorely needs.

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/02/former_cleveland_mayor_michael.html

[sniffa]

6. Shame on you Mark Mallory!