Dayton mayor pledges 'super' vote to Obama
— -- Dayton, Ohio, Mayor Rhine McLin, a Democratic "super delegate" who attracted national attention because of the heavy courting she and other party leaders have been getting from the presidential contenders, said Wednesday that she will cast her vote at this summer's national convention for Sen. Barack Obama.
On CNN's American Morning, McLin said that Obama won the most votes in her city and surrounding county in Tuesday's Ohio primary, and that she will cast her super-delegate ballot for the candidate that her constituents preferred.
"It appears that Dayton and Montgomery County went with Obama," McLin said on CNN. "So by Dayton and Montgomery County going with Obama, that's who I'm going to pledge my (vote) to.
"The reason why is … these are the people that have voted me in office. These are the people that I work with and I live here in this town. So, therefore, it's very important that I represent them. Not only daily, but even nationally with the Democratic Party here. And that's why I thought it was very important to wait and let them tell me what they wanted me to do."
As USA TODAY reported Monday, McLin's vote has been hotly contested. She got calls from actress Alfre Woodard, an Obama supporter, as well as Obama's wife, Michelle. Both Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, also tried to reach McLin.
The mayor said she did not return any of the calls, but told The Washington Post that she did speak once with Obama himself because she happened to be in her office at the time he called.
McLin is a super delegate because she is also vice chairwoman of the state Democratic Party in Ohio. She did not return calls Wednesday for comment.
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