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May 28, 2008 9:16 AM
A legacy vote for Hillary
Posted by David Postman
The Weekly has a profile of 17-year-old Jack Laurence who is trying to become a Hillary Clinton delegate to this summer’s Democratic National Convention. Laurence, writes Jesse Froehling, could be the youngest-ever delegate, and would be renewing a political bloodline.
Jack has the intrinsic makeup of a born politician. For one, his grandfather is … Sen. Henry "Scoop" Jackson. Although the legendary Democratic senator died before he was born, Jack says he's been deeply inspired by the man. In fifth grade, Jack wrote a research paper about his grandfather that hooked him on politics forever.While unwavering in his support of Clinton, Jack is politically astute enough to know that if Hillary doesn't pull out a win—and it's looking pretty grim at this point—he'll support Obama. But he hasn't yet resigned himself to that reality. "I'm optimistic that she still has a chance," he says.
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Posted by dude
9:48 PM, May 29, 2008
Hey, let's get on a sinking ship!