Skelton goes for Clinton — puts Mo’s superdelegates in deadlock
U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Lexington, is now in Sen. Hillary Clinton’s corner for president.
Skelton has been one of Missouri’s seven neutral superdelegates. He told the Associated Press that he’s supporting Clinton, D-N.Y., ”because of her support in rural America, her commitment to national security and her dedication to U.S. troops.”
Among Missouri’s superdelegates, Skelton’s decision makes it 5-5 between Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., with 6 superdelegates still uncommitted.
The AP notes that Skelton’s decision means a 2-2 split among Missouri’s Democratic members of the U.S. House. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Kansas City, earlier endorsed Clinton. Meanwhile, on this side of the state, Reps. William Lacy Clay and Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, have endorsed Obama.


Ike is not a racist, and I do not know why he endorsed Hillary, other than the fact that he has a close relationship with Bill.
Also, you can ask Pat Buchanan if it was liberals who were inciting riots at the Democratic Convention in 1968…