SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — He’s for Hillary Rodham Clinton. No, he’s for Barack Obama. Wait, Kevin Rodriquez really is for Clinton.
Whichever Democratic candidate the U.S. Virgin Islands superdelegate supports, he is the first Obama superdelegate to switch allegiance.
At least 13 have gone the other way. Rodriquez committed to Clinton on March 10. Two months later, he changed his mind, saying Obama brought a new energy and generation to the democratic process. This week, he announced his support for Clinton again.
“I decided to switch because that’s my right,” he said. “I don’t want to say why I decided. … It’s about America and what’s best for America.”
The chairman of the U.S. Virgin Islands’ Democratic Party offered a different reason: “At this desperate crunch time, anything should be expected, especially when political persuasions, promises and offers are made,” said Cecil Benjamin, adding that he had no proof that Rodriquez was being pressured to change his vote. The Associated Press
