June 26, 2008 - 1:15pm
The last Maryland superdelegate
By Wally Edge
Category: PresidentTags: Barack Obama, John Sweeney, AFL-CIO, Susan Turnbull, Maryland Superdelegates
Obama and Sweeney: In Chicago last weekOverlooked since last month has been the story of the remaining Democratic superdelegates, as it was assumed they would all fall in line for Barack Obama -- an assumption that was correct.
After the superdelgate bonanza of June 3 to 4, two remained in the Maryland undeclared column: AFL-CIO president John Sweeney and Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Susan Turnbull.
Well, Sweeney and his organization finally threw their support to Obama last week, leaving Turnbull, who had hoped all along that party officers wouldn't be the tie-breaking, the last officially undeclared Maryland delegate to this summer's convention in Denver.
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