This One's Gotta Leave A Mark

Robert A. George comments on one black politician's superdelegate switch from Sen. Hillary Clinton to Sen. Barack Obama for president. The moderate-conservative Republican blogger writes: "Any minor happiness that Hillary Clinton might have gained from finally having New Mexico called for her (though it doesn't really change the delegate margin), must be completely crushed by the announcement from Rep. John Lewis -- one of her supporters -- that he would cast his superdelegate vote for Barack Obama. Josh Marshall makes a couple of good observations on why this particular switch hurts Hillary Clinton....There's also a sense that this decision might be indication of more fallout from the Clintons' disastrous South Carolina strategy and the raw divisiveness it engendered -- including Bill's dismissal of the results by comparing Obama to Jesse Jackson. A very tough development for Hillary -- however, as we've said before, in this particular year the 'emerging conventional wisdom' gets proven wrong time and again. The current one is that 'Hillary is dead; it's definitely going to be Obama.' While my posts earlier this week were 1) reflective of Obama's obvious wins and momentum and 2) feeling the 'Obama wave', I think it is important to recognize that a lot can happen between now and the last Democratic primary in June."

PlezWorld, a black moderate-liberal Democratic blog that supports Sen. Barack Obama's bid for president, is glad about Rep. John Lewis' switch: "FINALLY...finally, an old guard civil rights movement era icon displays a modicum of intelligence and good sense. [I]'ve always had a great deal of respect for [C]ongressman [L]ewis and [I] can't deny the fact that it appeared to be disconnect between his endorsement of [C]linton and his many years of fighting for civil rights in this country: as a disciple of Martin Luther King, Jr., [L]ewis was on the front lines of the movement and saw the sacrifice that [K]ing displayed in making changes in this country, Obama is making a similar sacrifice and [C]linton is not. [A]lso, [O]bama lapped [C]linton in [G]eorgia, the superdelegates should vote in accord with the people of their state."