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President Clinton’s lobbying has not convinced Rep. Baron Hill (D-9th CD) to back Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. Hill (pictured) had a “lengthy conversation” with the former president on Monday morning but remains undecided on whether to endorse Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama, Hill said in an HPI interview Monday night. “I like both of them,” Hill said as he departed a Purdue University reception at the Library of Congress. But he is leery of backing either because he is not sure whether voters in southeast Indiana want him involved in a national race. “I have a district (where) I have to be careful politically whether I endorse anybody,” Hill said. “One of the things I’ve learned is to make sure I stay local.” Hill said a decision on whether to line up behind Clinton or Obama before the May 6 Indiana primary will be based on “lots of conversations” with people in the district and elsewhere. As a Democratic super delegate, he said he will weigh the results in the 9th CD with what may be best for the party as the election season heads for this summer’s conventions. “I have to find the balance,” he said. “Obama’s got the edge right now” in the race in Indiana, Hill said. He is not worried that a continuing battle between Clinton and Obama will hurt Democratic chances of capturing the White House. “A lot of people are participating in the political process that haven’t participated before,” he said. “Tell me that’s not healthy.” In other Indiana presidential campaign news, Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy, will attend Friday’s memorial service for her husband and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Public School 27 on behalf of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign (Howey Politics Indiana). Robert Kennedy’s 1968 Indianapolis speech on the day King was assassinated – 40 years ago this week – implored those in attendance to remember the civil rights leader’s legacy of nonviolent protest. The speech was widely credited with helping to spare Indianapolis the riots that erupted in cities across America after King’s death. When she endorsed Obama, Kennedy wrote, “Barack is so like Bobby…With courage, caring, and charisma, Senator Obama is leading us toward a kinder, gentler world." Kennedy’s son Max will accompany her to the event. Details about additional Indiana events with Kennedy will be released in the coming days. (HPI Photo by Brian A. Howey)
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