UPS is (still) Obama Land

It's interesting that Hillary Clinton eventually landed at University of Puget Sound. They had a hard time finding a venue because of some union regulations, and ended up being back where Bill Clinton was originally slated to appear.

I mention this because the President of UPS did a surprising thing a few weeks ago. He essentially endorsed Barack Obama in the Seattle Times. Now, he doesn't come right out and say that, probably due to his being the President of a University, and he hedges his bet a little with a single line that references Hillary. But he very explicitly compares Obama to Bobby Kennedy and writes:

And the Obama campaign rhetoric about "hope we can believe in" not only resonates with this sensibility, it also strikes a chord with the conscience of my generation of Americans. When Obama says that "Hope is not blind optimism, it is that thing inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us, if we have the courage to reach for it," he speaks to the child in all of us.

Since I did not go to the rally, this leads to the question -- did Ron Thomas speak? This would be pretty standard stuff for a University President to do. But I'm quite curious. Anyone know?