Superdel. each for Obama, Clinton

go hillary!!!!!!!!!!!

Surely the tip of the sword to come for Hillary's campaign. The writing is all over the wall folks.

I miss Sophie. Pittsburgh has done a lot worse with the mayors that have followed her. Even this city could use a tough, older Polish woman at the top to really get things done.

What does being a woman even have to do with it? If Paris Hilton is running for president, I vote for her because she has a vagina? Sorry to break it down to its most basic terms, but that is that not what Masloff said today? Think about what I said long and hard before you respond.

Wow, this article got rewritten after my comment!!! LOL!! Well, now that there is more to this article, it makes my first post look a bit odd. But, I see yet another publically sexist lady voting for HRC. That is such a sick and twisted thing to hear with educated ears. I can't believe Sophie was dumb enough to make such a comment about voting for the woman. I have yet to hear a public official state that they are voting for Obama because he is black.

Xcellent, I have heard of endorsee's saying they're voting for Obama because he's (half) black. No superdelegates but there's been a few of them. I'm not saying it makes Sophie's rationale any better but neither situation is unexpected when you combine race and gender and politics.

Jeff, (see I didn't even call you Jeffy this time), are you agreeing or dissagreeing with my original statment "I have yet to hear a public official state that they are voting for Obama because he is black."? Because, duh, an average "supporter", as you claim, can expouse any old stupid comment they want.

My only point is that I have heard MANY public officials, and even some supers, claim they are voting for HRC and say something of her gender in the same sentence, and I have not seen that in Obama, which indicates much about each other's supporters.

Okay, I'll agree to that, Xcellent. But you also need to acknowledge a few facts. Jesse Jackson has already come out in support of Obama and he's a superdelegate. The man makes his living off being an unelected "leader" of the black community. Do you honestly think race is no consideration for him? Do you honestly think he can keep his position with his coalition and make any other choice? What do you really think the reason he supports him is? And keep in mind that a year ago Jackson was saying Obama was "acting white" for not marching with him for the Jena 6.
Look at it in that context and then try to be so presumptuous to judge Sophie Masloff. Do you know who Sophie Masloff is? Do you know the experiences that formed her political career? I do and I'd like to share some of them with you.
In 1988 Richard Caligiuiri, the mayor responsible for turning Pittsburgh from a blue collar to a white collar city, died in office and city council president Sophie Masloff was named Mayor in accordance with the city charter and became the first Jewish and first female president of the city.
There was a lot of controversy about her appointment and more than a few people were downright tasteless in saying in so many words that a "little Jewish grandmother" had no business running the city. Even some officials of her own party asked her to step down when Caligiuri's term ended in 1989. They didn't know the little Jewish grandmother very well. Almost all of the critics were men.
Not only did Sophie win reelection on her own terms she championed a number of free market proposals that streamlined city government and helped make Pittsburgh back into America's most livable city. She made fiscal responsibility the centerpiece of her term in office. During her administration, she privatized numerous costly city assets including the Pittsburgh Zoo, the National Aviary, Phipps Conservatory and the Schenley Park Golf Course.
I'm not a member of Sophie's party but I'm glad to have been her constituent and very sad that I wasn't yet old enough to vote for her when she declined to run for another term in 1993. She helped the city weather one of its most difficult times and didn't back down from a challenge at an age when most "Jewish Grandmothers" were retired.
So, understanding the sexism she stared down in office I think it's VERY understandable that Sophie would support a woman that, whether you think it's right or wrong, has faced some sexist attacks this campaign season. She has about as much choice in the matter as Jesse Jackson does in supporting Obama. The only difference is that Sophie is being honest about it like she always has been. All I'm saying is that before you judge her for her honesty, just walk a few miles in her shoes.

Hillary is one of many charming and intelligent women in politics.

However, a perception of dishonesty and insincerity has plagued her because of her association with her husband.

I would have felt better about her qualifications to be President had she left her philandering husband.

I commend her for standing by her man when it was obvious to everyone that he is a womanizer and always will be.

However, my own life experiences make me question the judgment of any woman who would make this choice.

Marriage is a sacred bond between two people. And those who don't respect it, will never have mine.

This is NOT misogyny, this is ethics and morality.

I hope she will one day shed this weakness which has manifest itself as her husband.

So two superdelegates have decided today. One of them has gone for Hillary Clinton. That makes it a good day for HIllary, and that is welcome news for Hillary and her supporters.

But since two suprerdelegates came off the fence, the fact that Barack Obama won one out of two makes it an even better day for Obama.

The reason I say that is because of his lead among elected delegates. If all superdelegates from this point forward broke 50:50 like today, Obama wins the nomination because of his elected delegate lead. Hillary needs to win 70% or more of the remaining supers to win it all. So although the news is good for Hillary, it's not quite good enough.