Youngest superdelegate goes for Obama

An ex-president, a former U.S. secretary of state and the Democrats’ 2004 presidential nominee all took a special interest in Jason Rae’s first vote in a presidential campaign.

“I was on the fence and had been the target of heavy lobbying from both campaigns,” he explained in an e-mail. For. Sen. Barack Obama, “I had heard from Senator (John) Kerry and met with Michelle Obama. For Sen. Hillary Clinton, “I met with Chelsea Clinton and spoke to Madeline Albright and President Clinton.”

The source of all this attention? Rae is a superdelegate from Wisconsin, one of nearly 800 unpledged delegates to the 2008 convention. He’s also the youngest, a 21-year-old college student appointed to the Democratic National Committee in his home state.

Rae is going with Obama. In Wisconsin, Obama won 73 percent among voters 18 to 24 years old. “As someone elected to represent that generation, it seems fairly clear that they are speaking out in favor of Senator Obama,” he said.

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