{"id":3354,"date":"2008-06-04T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-04T18:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/06\/with-primary-over-udall-says-hell-back-obama\/"},"modified":"2008-06-04T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-04T18:38:00","slug":"with-primary-over-udall-says-hell-back-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/06\/with-primary-over-udall-says-hell-back-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"With primary over, Udall says he&#8217;ll back Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SEbhW5tXk0I\/AAAAAAAAF-4\/0S0P_eqQ3oA\/s1600-h\/Udall,+Tom.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SEbhW5tXk0I\/AAAAAAAAF-4\/0S0P_eqQ3oA\/s200\/Udall,+Tom.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208097802665038658\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Now that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama<\/a> has won the Democratic presidential primary, <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>\u2019s only superdelegate who didn\u2019t pick a side in the hotly contested race before it was over says he\u2019ll back the party\u2019s nominee.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI want to congratulate (Obama) on securing the nomination,\u201d U.S. Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomudall.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Udall<\/a> said today in an interview. \u201cI think he has been an extraordinary campaigner. He\u2019s brought many new people into the process and he\u2019ll be a strong nominee for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">While <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>\u2019s 11 other superdelegates all pledged their support for Obama or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryclinton.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> before the primary race was over, Udall repeatedly refused to comment on the race beyond saying he was uncommitted. In today\u2019s interview, he had kind words for <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>, calling her \u201csomebody who really connects with working-class families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SEbhWwY8g1I\/AAAAAAAAF-w\/x3k2M-x0WX8\/s1600-h\/Obama,+Barack.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SEbhWwY8g1I\/AAAAAAAAF-w\/x3k2M-x0WX8\/s200\/Obama,+Barack.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208097800163459922\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen that play out here in <st1:state st=\"on\">New  Mexico<\/st1:state>,\u201d Udall said, referring to <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s narrow win in the state\u2019s Feb. 5 caucus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The discussion now is about whether <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> should be Obama\u2019s running mate. Udall gave no clues about his opinion, just as he gave no clues about who he supported in the presidential primary until it was over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI just think that\u2019s a very personal choice for the nominee,\u201d Udall said. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen presidents and vice presidents in modern history have close relationships, and I would leave that to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Udall said his goal is to help the party win the presidential race in November. Udall is the Democratic nominee for <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>\u2019s open seat in the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThe role I really want to play at this point is to be a uniter, work with all members of the Democratic Party to see that we go into the fall united and put on a good campaign,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that Barack Obama has won the Democratic presidential primary, New Mexico\u2019s only superdelegate who didn\u2019t pick a side in the hotly contested race before it was over says he\u2019ll back the party\u2019s nominee. \u201cI want to congratulate (Obama) on securing the nomination,\u201d U.S. Rep. Tom Udall said today in an interview. \u201cI think he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}