The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 02/28/08 WASHINGTON — Another top Georgia Democrat will announce today that he's backing Sen. Barack Obama in the Democrat presidential race.
Rep. John Barrow of Savannah, who represents a toss-up district and who had one of the toughest re-elections battles in the country in 2006, picked Obama over Sen. Hillary Clinton, saying Obama's already proven his willingness and ability to work in a bipartisan manner.
"He's the one who has shown in his work that he's able to work with all sides," Barrow said.
Obama now has the backing of all five of the Democratic congressmen from Georgia who have announced a preference. Clinton now has no public support from the state's congressional super delegates to the Democratic national convention this summer.
Barrow said Obama's bipartisanship more than makes up for his relatively short experience in Washington.
"The best indicator of what a person's going to do in the future is what they've done in the past," he said.
Barrows' announcement comes a day after Rep. John Lewis, an Atlanta Democrat, announced that he's switching his support from Clinton to Obama.
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