Committed to being uncommitted

Boyd Richie, a solo from Graham, is the Young County attorney and the chairman of the Texas Democratic Party since 2006. But it's his other role, as a still-uncommitted super delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August, about which Boyd is not coming to the phone. Instead, Boyd -- whose wife Betty is also an uncommitted super delegate, giving new meaning to the term "power couple" -- refers all inquiries to Hector Nieto, the Texas Democratic Party spokesman. Nieto says Boyd has told him that he will not choose between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton until after the June 6 to June 8 Texas Democratic Convention. "His policy until then is to remain uncommitted," says Nieto. Five other Texans, including Robert Strauss, the former U.S. ambassador and founder of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, and U.S. Representative Nick Lampson (D-Houston) are listed on a blog tracking the uncommitted. Neither Strauss nor Lampson returned calls about any selection they've made between Obama and Clinton either.
-- Miriam Rozen