Today Connecticut named its add-on superdelegate. They chose Don Williams
Under the arcane Democratic rules, Connecticut had 11 superdelegates -- people whose status was determined by their political offices or positions in the Democratic Party -- plus an add-on to be chosen by the other delegates this week. That was Williams.
Williams is technically unpledged, as are all superdelegates, but he is a leader of the Obama campaign in Connecticut.
Although technically unpledged, 2008 Democratic Convention Watch says
More specifically, Williams is co-chair of Barack Obama's Connecticut Leadership Council along with Ned Lamont, and we will be adding him to the Obama column.
In other good news today from the Nutmeg State, a Quinnipiac Poll shows Obama leading Republican John McCain, 52-35, in Connecticut, while a McCain-Clinton matchup would put the state in play. Clinton leads McCain, 45-42.
Among independent voters, Obama receives 45 percent and McCain wins 38 percent. And voters younger than 45 support Obama over McCain, 63-30 percent.
"Sen. Barack Obama has argued that he is more electable than Sen. Hillary Clinton because of his appeal to independent voters. And in Connecticut that is what we are finding," said Douglas Schwartz, Quinnipiac University poll director. "Independent voters, especially independent men, make the difference in Connecticut."