College Democrats of America endorse Obama after receiving student feedback

The College Democrats of America have spoken. Their endorsement: Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.\nIn a video posted May 13 on YouTube, College Democrats President Lauren Wolfe and Vice President Awais Khaleel gave their endorsement for the 2008 election, saying the senator’s position on issues affecting young people, including college affordability and the Iraq War, helped them make the decision.\n“Sen. Obama has included young people in his growing coalition that is ready to get this country back on track,” Khaleel said in the video.\nWolfe and Khaleel, who are also superdelegates, posted a YouTube video April 28 asking college students whether they thought the College Democrats should support Obama or New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. Wolfe and Khaleel said they received more than 5,000 e-mails, 1,000 Facebook messages and a variety of YouTube response videos.\n“We knew that this was a way to reach college students in a way that was accessible to them,” Wolfe said in the endorsement video.\nWolfe also noted the overwhelming support of college students for Obama as a reason to endorse him.\n“College students have turned out in record numbers for him in every primary contest,” she said.