Of the ten uncommitted Democratic superdelegates in Washington State, here’s the one I currently find the most interesting: Congressman Jim McDermott.

Politically, McDermott seems a natural vote for Obama—they both opposed the Iraq war from day one, for starters. Additionally, McDermott’s core constituency, lefty Seattle, is probably the most pro-Obama collection of voters in this state.

Further: One of McDermott’s hometown papers, The Seattle Times, has endorsed Obama. And America’s Hometown Paper, The Stranger, just endorsed Obama as well.

Plus, and I know this is a highly subjective assessment, but temperamentally, McDermott just seems like more of an Obama guy. I mean: He backed Bradley in 2000 and Dean in 2004.

(Also worth adding to this mix of things that might drive McDermott toward Obama: A local politician who keeps coming up as a likely McDermott challenger—state senator Ed Murray—has long since announced he’s backing Obama.)

So it would seem that predisposition and political forces would be pushing McDermott into the Obama camp. But Bill Clinton has been on the phone with McDermott lately, no doubt reminding McDermott that he helped raise money for McDermott’s legal defense fund back when McDermott was fighting a long and complicated court battle against Republican John Boehner. And perhaps I’m wrong in my analysis. Perhaps McDermott is more of a Clinton guy.

In any case, this is definitely a superdelegate decision to watch. McDermott’s spokesman tells me he’s not sure if the Congressman will make a decision before Washington’s caucuses—which seems a little strange, since even Gov. Christine Gregoire, who’s up for election this year, is planning to take a position before the caucuses. Stay tuned.