**SUPERDELEGATE Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon throws his support to Obama

[FrenchieCat]

DeFazio throws his support to Obama

Posted by Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian May 08, 2008 22:21PM

Tonight Rep. Peter DeFazio became Oregon's third Democratic congressman to endorse Sen.Barack Obama, putting the Illinois politician one delegate closer to the presidential nomination.

DeFazio said that Obama, who will begin a two-day campaign trip to the state Friday morning, "represents our best chance of winning in November."

"We must not allow Senator McCain to continue the failures of the Bush foreign policy, war in Iraq and disastrous economic policies," DeFazio added.

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http://blog.oregonlive.com/elections/2008/05/defazio_throw_his_support_to_o.html

[GarbagemanLB]

1. As an Oregonian, I am damn proud to have him as one of our congressmen!

[FrenchieCat]

2. I proud of him too!

:patriot:

[bhikkhu]

3. I knew he had to soon!

DeFazio is one of the good guys from my own state, though not always as outspoken as I would like. Thanks!

[davidpdx]

4. Damn, Fozzie Bear finally got off the can and endorsed someone

Glad to hear it!

[DerekJ]

5. Damn!! I really lost count. Can someone summarize the SD endorsements since the NC Tuesday?!

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. Thank you Rep. DeFazio.........

:bounce: :applause: :bounce:

[sandnsea]

7. Well it's about damn time

Maybe he was waiting to give Obama a boost down the stretch.

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[Alexander]

8. I saw him on C-Span yesterday - he looks a lot older than I remember.

[SeattleGirl]

9. YAY!

Oregon is my second home (grew up there, and my family still lives there), and I love to see this!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

10. The tide has turned and the SD grunion are tossing themselves on Obama beach.

[OutNow]

11. Great - He's my member of Congress

I voted yesterday for both Obama and DeFazio. Oregon voting is all by mail-in ballot. No standing in a line for 2 hours, etc. Of course the picture ID requirement is sorta tough for this form of voting. I had to show my driver's license to myself before I allowed myself to mark the ballot. :-}

[FrenchieCat]

12. !

Did you look like your picture? LOL!

[quakerboy]

15. You gotta be carefull about these things

I checked my Other's and she checked mine. You never know with some people, but I trust her to catch me if I am not who I say I am.

[cliffordu]

13. Excellent!! Kicked!!

[quakerboy]

14. Yup

Bout time too. Now If only we could get the good Gov to start rethinking, and get Wyden off the fence.

[TragedyandHope]

16. Kick for more great news!

:kick: