Obama/Clinton Hug It Out Behind Closed Doors
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With nothing but a couple glasses of water and two plush chairs to sit in, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sat privately for an hour last night in Sen. Dianne Feinstein's living room trying to come to grips with their historic and contentious 17-month battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.
"They just wanted the opportunity to meet together alone. This is a deeply personal time, too. You're sorting out your feelings. Hillary's going to be giving a big speech tomorrow, Barack is trying to put things together for a major presidential campaign. So there are a lot of decompression, nerve-endings, all these things that need to kind of come together, and I think the opportunity to sit down, just the two of them, was positive," Feinstein (D-Calif.), who hosted the meeting at her "Willow Oaks" Spring Valley estate, recounted for reporters in the Capitol this morning. (Click here for audio.)
Sadly, for history's sake, Feinstein did not attend the meeting, nor did staff for either senator, so only Sens. Clinton (N.Y.) and Obama (Ill.) themselves know precisely what was said.
The secretive meeting came about after Feinstein, a Clinton backer, offered Clinton her home earlier this week if she wanted to finally sit down face-to-face with Obama, who had said for several weeks that he would meet Clinton "anytime, anywhere" she chose.
Late yesterday afternoon Clinton, who will formally drop out of the race tomorrow at a rally here in Washington Saturday, decided the time was right.
[Credit: Paul Kane, Washington Post]
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Maybe it was just an opportunity to smooth over any rough spots. Maybe it was a sign of respect from both individuals to the other. Whatever the case may be, talk of the VP spot surely came up and, with John Edwards withdrawing his name yet again, I'm beginning to suspect these two on the Democratic ticket.
Any thoughts?
"They just wanted the opportunity to meet together alone. This is a deeply personal time, too. You're sorting out your feelings. Hillary's going to be giving a big speech tomorrow, Barack is trying to put things together for a major presidential campaign. So there are a lot of decompression, nerve-endings, all these things that need to kind of come together, and I think the opportunity to sit down, just the two of them, was positive," Feinstein (D-Calif.), who hosted the meeting at her "Willow Oaks" Spring Valley estate, recounted for reporters in the Capitol this morning. (Click here for audio.)
Sadly, for history's sake, Feinstein did not attend the meeting, nor did staff for either senator, so only Sens. Clinton (N.Y.) and Obama (Ill.) themselves know precisely what was said.
The secretive meeting came about after Feinstein, a Clinton backer, offered Clinton her home earlier this week if she wanted to finally sit down face-to-face with Obama, who had said for several weeks that he would meet Clinton "anytime, anywhere" she chose.
Late yesterday afternoon Clinton, who will formally drop out of the race tomorrow at a rally here in Washington Saturday, decided the time was right.
[Credit: Paul Kane, Washington Post]
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Maybe it was just an opportunity to smooth over any rough spots. Maybe it was a sign of respect from both individuals to the other. Whatever the case may be, talk of the VP spot surely came up and, with John Edwards withdrawing his name yet again, I'm beginning to suspect these two on the Democratic ticket.
Any thoughts?
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Yeah, ol' girl is cash-strapped on scorched earth she's responsible for scorching. She's got to kiss hiney coming and going, starting with Obama's, if she's ever going to retire that $50 million campaign debt.
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- 96thdayofrage
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