Deanna Martin, writing for the Courier Press, has an article on Indiana’s superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention. These folks will have a role in selecting the Democratic Presidential nominee. Indiana will have 13 of them, but only 12 are known at this point. I’m not sure how the 13th gets chosen.
There are 6 who are chosen by virtue of being Democratic members of Congress:
Evan Bayh – Declared support for Clinton early.
Pete Visclosky – (IN-01)
Joe Donnelly – (IN-02): Says he won’t decide until after Indiana’s primary. Indiana’s primary vote is part of the equation, but he’ll take other factors into consideration as well.
Andre Carson – (IN-07)
Brad Ellsworth – (IN-08): Says he’s inclined to let the voters of the 8th District make the decision.
Baron Hill – (IN-09)
There are 6 unelected superdelegates:
Joe Andrew – Former DNC chair, committed Clinton supporter.
Dan Parker – Indiana state party chairman, declared for Clinton
Bob Pastrick – Former East Chicago mayor (apparently not without scandal); has declared for Clinton
Phoebe Crane – DNC member out of Whitestown, “unwavering Clinton supporter.”
Connie Thurman – DNC member from Indianapolis, has declared for Obama.
Cordelia Lewis Burks – State party vice-chair, has declared for Obama.
The Huffington Post has a nice biographical summary for Indiana’s superdelegates.
I believe the last super delegate gets selected at the state convention this summer…
Who says there isn’t an aristocracy in this country?
Visclosky is going to sell his vote to the highest bidder. Whever gives him more campaign contributions will get his vote.
The irony is that he’s got millions already in his campaign war chest, with essentially no opposition.