Sen. Salazar comfortable on the fence

Sen. Ken Salazar won’t declare which Democratic presidential nominee he’s supporting any time soon, he said today.

Salazar is a superdelegate who has not yet decided between Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois.

“There are many voters in America who have not yet spoken and they need to be given an opportunity to do so,” Salazar said. “When it’s ready for some of us to make a decision we’ll make a decision.

"I’m very much at peace being in the position I’m in right now which is an uncommitted delegate,’’ Salazar added.

He’s getting pressure from both campaigns, some days having as many as 10 conversations between the two camps. Other days there are no calls, he said.

Salazar said it’s clear neither Obama nor Clinton will get to the required superdelegate total through the remaining elections. But he’s still hoping that he and the other superdelegates won’t have to make the final decision.

“Hopefully it is something that will come from the two candidates,’’ Salazar said. “Between the two campaigns at some point in time there will be a resolution.”

Pressed on why one of the two candidates would step aside if they haven’t already, Salazar said, “I don't have that belief. I think that is a possibility that that may happen. As both campaigns get additional data points with elections that they both have to go through here … they may have enough information to either, well to decide what they’re going to do.’’

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