For one candidate, you can add one Mississippi super delegate to the tally.
“We have choices and my choice happens to be Senator Obama,” says U.S. Representative, Benny Thompson, Democrat, 2nd District.
Congressman Thompson is joining Senator Barack Obama on the campaign trail Saturday in North Carolina. But, super delegate, Congressman Gene Taylor says, at this point neither candidate can count on his vote.
“Both camps have been in touch with me. I’ve probably received about 100 e-mails, about 50 from each camp. (They say) You have to do something right now to which I say, no, I don’t,” says Congressman Taylor.
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