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Before the Pennsylvania primary finished I wrote a piece stating that Democratic superdelegates would be unmoved by the Pennsylvania primary results. According to Elizabeth Drew of Politico, that is indeed the case. “I don’t think anyone’s shaken,” a leading House Democrat told me. The critical mass of Democratic congressmen that has been prepared to endorse Obama Senator Barack Obama’s “Road to Change” bus tour of Pennsylvania continues Monday March 31st and Tuesday April 1st with stops in Lancaster, Allentown, Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. Monday Lancaster Town Hall Meeting Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Allentown Rally Muhlenberg College Obama began his bus tour on Friday with stops at Soldier’s and Sailor’s Hall in Pittsburgh and the Hempfield Area High School gymnasium in Hempfield Township. I attended both events as a member of the press. Both events were packed to the gills, and the free tickets were given out soon after they became available. Attendees were extremely I don’t yet know whether there’s been an actual endorsement of Obama by Rep. Jason Altmire who represents Pittsburgh’s northern suburbs and is a superdelegate, but he’s clearly supporting Obama. He was introduced by Obama to cheers, and stood several times to cheer for Obama’s applause lines. I mentioned before that his wife Friday morning at the first stop on Obama’s bus tour of Pennsylvania, Senator Bob Casey endorsed and introduced Barack Obama. At Pittsburgh’s Soldier’s and Sailor’s Museum Hall in Oakland, Casey introduced Obama to thunderous applause. Casey himself, like his father the former Governor Casey, is beloved by Pennsylvania’s culturally conservative union voters. His endorsement matters in Pennsylvania for |
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