Clinton leads among gay super delegates [View All]

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Campaigns aggressively courting uncommitted Dems

LOU CHIBBARO JR
Friday, February 15, 2008

Twenty-one openly gay Democrats have been identified as super delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer, and 12 have declared their support for presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton.

As of this week, just two of the gay super delegates had declared their support for presidential contender Barack Obama, while seven were listed as undeclared.

Under party rules, super delegates — who consist mostly of party activists, Democratic governors and members of Congress — are not obligated to commit themselves to any candidate and are free to switch from one candidate to another.

In a telephone briefing for the news media on Tuesday, the National Stonewall Democrats, the gay partisan group, released the names of the known gay male and lesbian super delegates. Officials with the group noted that, similar to most of the 796 super delegates, the gay and lesbians among their ranks are longtime party activists in their respective states.

http://www.washblade.com/2008/2-15/news/national/12027.cfm