All Posts Tagged With: "John Lewis"
Blacks in Congress Torn Over Candidates
Some Weighing a Shift From Clinton to Obama
Washington Post
By Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane
Saturday, February 16, 2008
African American members of Congress, many under enormous pressure from their constituents, are grappling with the question of whether they should abandon their support of Hillary Rodham Clinton and back Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.
On [...]
Lewis backing Obama?
Lewis Spokeswoman Refutes NY Times
CNN Politics
Is he or isn’t he? The New York Times reported Thursday night that Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights movement veteran and Democratic congressional leader who endorsed Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid last year, was switching his superdelegate vote to Barack Obama.
Within hours, according to the Washington Post, his spokeswoman Brenda [...]
