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McGovern Switches to Obama

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in 2008 Election, Democrats

I’m not sure what weight George McGovern has in the Democratic Party but, for what it’s worth, he’s switching sides and is now supporting Barack Obama. McGovern is not a superdelegate but his statement that Obama has won the nomination “by any practical test” is a sentiment I think more and more Democratic leaders will begin to express.

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Donklephant » Blog Archive » Obama Adds 3 More Superdelegates Says:
May 7th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
[...] Along with George McGovern, who I didn’t realize was a superdelegate until somebody reminded me in the comments (thank you!), Obama grabbed two more beyond the one I reported earlier. They are Jerry Meek, chairman of the NC Dem Party, and Inola Henry, a DNC member from Cali. [...]

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