Guam Senator Ben Pangelinan has endorsed Senator Obama, making him the final delegate from Guam to make his decision. Guam has four pledged delegates (in reality, eight pledged 1/2 delegates) and five automatic superdelegates. With Senator Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton splitting the four pledged delegates evenly and the prior four superdelegates, the announcement by Pangelinan gives Obama a 5-4 advantage among all total delegates from Guam.
In the aftermath of Senator Obama's strong victory in the Beaver State, Oregon state DNC Chair Meredith Wood Smith made public her endorsement of Obama in an op-ed piece that ran in the Oregonian today.
Why Obama? Because he received the majority of the votes in the Oregon primary,
and he demonstrates the leadership needed to get us out of Iraq, restore our
economy, begin the tough job of providing health care for all Americans and,
most of all, heal the divisions in our nation. His commitment to grass-roots
organizing, similar to Howard Dean's "Fifty State Strategy," will help Democrats
win our down-ticket races. His deep understanding of our Constitution ensures
that he will appoint judges, to both the Supreme Court and lower federal courts,
who will truly defend our constitutional rights and freedoms.
Colorado Democratic Chairwoman Pat Waak also chose to endorse Senator Obama today. Holding out until the votes were cast and the State Convention held, Waak chose to come out today with her support.
In an excerpt from the article, Waak cited three main reasons for her endorsement:
In a statement put out by the Obama campaign in which Waak cited his
"electability" in Colorado and the West, she gave three reasons for her support:
Obama's big victory in the Feb. 5 Colorado caucuses; that Obama's "message of
change" can beat Republican John McCain in November; and that the country needs
his "visionary, uplifting leadership."
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