Hillary supporter and Congressional Black Caucus dean Representative John Lewis (D-GA) seems to be switching his support from Hillary Clinton to... well it's not clear. It seems like he's going to "follow his congressional district" and throw his support to Obama. But he hasn't quite declared his intentions yet. No matter what he ends up doing, Clinton cannot afford to lose his support. He is a standard-bearer of the CBC and a widely respected opinion-shaper.
From the other pole comes Gov. Brian Schweiter (D-MT), who has effectively ceded his superdelegate status:
"I think the people ought to decide this. I just don’t like the notion of backroom deals," he said. "What I don’t want to do is disenfranchise anybody — particularly new voters. People who have shown up because it’s a movement. They want to be part of the group that elected the first woman president, or the first black person to be president"
Perhaps another trend-setting opinion by a popular Red-state governor and possible Vice President. By disavowing the powers granted as a superdelegate, does Gov. Schweitzer give rise to a procedural mutiny in the Democratic Caucus. We'll see.
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