Ohio labor leader helps to nudge Obama into super delegate lead

[OhioChick]

Sunday, May 11, 2008Associated Press

An Ohio labor leader Saturday helped edge Sen. Barack Obama ever-closer to locking up the Democratic presidential nomination, as Obama's super delgate count eclipsed Sen. Hillary Clinton's for the first time.

Dave Regan -- president of Service Employees International Union 1199, which represents 27,000 workers in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky -- was named a super delegate Saturday during a meeting Saturday of state Democratic leaders.

Regan, who lives in Reynoldsburg, outside Columbus, was among five super delegates Saturday who said they backed Obama, tilting the count in his favor. The other super delegates voicing new support for Obama come from from Arizona, Utah and two from the Virgin Islands.

Within hours of telling state Democrats he supported Obama, reporters from national media organizations started calling him, Regan said Saturday.

Regan said he decided to support Obama three or four months ago, about the same time the national leadership of the SEIU endorsed Obama.

Supporting Obama runs counter to most Ohio Democrats' wishes. They voted for Clinton by a 10 percent margin during Ohio's March primary. Regan said the race has changed since then and that the excitement over Obama is growing.

"We're at a very important potential turning point in American politics," Regan said, referring to Obama as a "breath of fresh air."

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[babylonsister]

1. Goody! Another SD! Listen up, Ohio! nt

[OhioChick]

2. Ohio is Listening...

Ohio Dems wish Clinton would exit

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080510/NEWS01/305100025/1056/COL02

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. One from California too

and one more from Arizona?

Did I just count 3 today looking at the threads in GDP?

[OhioChick]

4. I think so....

:woohoo:

[Zhade]

5. Of course, Ohio voters now known clinton LIED about her "opposition" to NAFTA.

And that lie is proved via the official government documents detailing her very pro-NAFTA meetings.

If I were one, I'd be PISSED at clinton for lying to my face.

[OhioChick]

6. I'm sure the many would love to change

the way they voted after learning that.