AP Campaign Minute

Clinton Campaign Snubs RI Superdelegate

• Rhode Island Mayor and Democratic Superdelegate David Cicilline may end his support of Hillary Clinton after serving as her state campaign chairperson.
• Mayor Cicilline has had a long standing contract dispute with the local firefighters union who threatened to protest any Clinton event the mayor attends.
• As a result Mayor Cicciline says he was contacted by national and local members of Clinton's campaign urging him to meet the firefighter's demands before Clinton's Sunday, February 24th rally and fundraiser.
• Unwilling to change his position with regards to the firefighters Mayor Cicciline says he then received a phone call from Clinton political and field director Guy Cecil who asked him not to attend the Sunday rally.
• Cicilline is quoted as saying: “It’s obviously something for me to think about very carefully, because I am very disappointed in the decision of the Clinton campaign. I’m not prepared to say more than that today. I obviously have tremendous respect for Senator Clinton, but I’m very disappointed in the decision of her campaign today,”

Sources:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004195582_aponthe2008trail22.html

http://www.projo.com/news/politics/content/CICILLINE_BARRED_02-22-08_FS93UHE_v8.38dfb05.html

Clinton Campaign Snubs RI Superdelegate

List of 2008 Democrat Super Delegates

• The Democrat Super Delegates have been prominent in the news lately.
• Breakfasts with Chelsea Clinton, phone calls from Bill Clinton, etc.
• A majority of the Super Delegates are past and present Governors, Mayors, Representatives, Senators, a former President and former DNC Chairmen. The following is a link to a full list of the 2008 Democrat Super Delegates published by the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/primaries/2008_superdelegates.html