This post is a day late for Valentine’s Day, but works fine just the same. I started to write it last night, but fell asleep watching Gordon Ramsay yell at people on “Kitchen Nightmares.” Please forgive me.
I talked about superdelegates a little while back (here). My whole point being that these unelected pooh-bahs of the Democratic party should line up behind whichever candidate the voters choose.
I’d like to applaud my hometown representative for doing just that. John Lewis endorsed Hillary Clinton on Oct. 12th of last year, but today The New York Times is reporting that Lewis will switch his superdelegate support to Barack Obama. I for one couldn’t be happier with his decision.
Normally I condemn flip-flopping politicians, but this is a special case. This is a case of Lewis flip-flopping to support the goals of the voters in his district. Obama won the Democratic primary in Georgia by a substantial margin. Especially in Lewis’ 5th District. Those same voters have made John Lewis so popular that it is a rare election when he faces any challenger, much less a viable one. He owes a debt of loyalty to those voters and this decision shows that he recognizes it.
