Keller
06-26-2008, 10:19 PM
Looks like PB was right afterall:
CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama donated $2,300 Thursday to the campaign of his former opponent, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
In addition, Obama's national finance chairman, Penny Pritzker, donated $2,300, said Terry McAuliffe, who served as Clinton's chief campaign fundraiser. The $2,300 is the maximum individual contribution allowed.
"He wrote a check himself, as well as his finance chairman, so I got two checks in my pocket for Hillary," McAuliffe said.
Asked how much the checks were for, he responded, "They maxed out."
The move comes nearly three weeks after Clinton suspended her campaign and endorsed Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
This week, Obama asked top contributors to help Clinton retire her campaign debt of $22 million, about $12 million of which she loaned to her own campaign.
The two Democrats met Thursday night in Washington with her top fundraisers.
On Friday, they are to appear together a rally in Unity, New Hampshire, a town on the state's western border where they tied in the January primary.
Clinton (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/hillary_clinton) and Obama endured a protracted and, at times, fierce primary season. After months of divisive contests that took them through every state, the two are focused on uniting their party in order to defeat the Republicans in November.
Concern about the division in the party arose because the two candidates appealed to such different segments of the electorate. Clinton did well with working-class voters and the elderly. Obama (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/barack.obama.html) rallied the support of affluent, well-educated voters, African-Americans and the younger generation. http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/tabs/video.gifWatch what Clinton and Obama hope to accomplish » (http://cnn.site.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Obama+donates+to+Clinton+campaign+-+CNN.com&expire=-1&urlID=29404806&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2008%2FPOLITICS%2F0 6%2F26%2Fclinton.obama%2Findex.html&partnerID=211911#cnnSTCVideo)
(http://cnn.site.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Obama+donates+to+Clinton+campaign+-+CNN.com&expire=-1&urlID=29404806&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2008%2FPOLITICS%2F0 6%2F26%2Fclinton.obama%2Findex.html&partnerID=211911#cnnSTCVideo)
In exit polls conducted throughout the primary season, many Clinton backers said they either would not vote or would vote for Sen. John McCain (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/john.mccain.html), the presumptive Republican candidate, should Obama become their party's nominee.
Clinton has said it would be a "grave" mistake for her supporters to cast their votes for McCain.
"Anyone who voted for me has very little in common with the Republican party. If you care about the issues I care about, and the future that I outlined during my campaign, then you really have to stay with us in the Democratic Party (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/U_S_Democratic_Party_Politics) and vote for Sen. Obama to be our next president," she said in Washington on Tuesday.
Since Clinton endorsed Obama this month, she has been urging her supporters to follow suit.
"The way to continue our fight now to accomplish the goals for which we stand is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama the next president of the United States," she said as she suspended her campaign.
Obama and Clinton have appeared on good terms in recent weeks. Obama has repeatedly praised Clinton while on the trail, and this week he asked some of his top donors to help Clinton retire some of her campaign debt.
Obama has shied away from any talk of a possible joint ticket, although he's said Clinton "would be on anyone's short-list."
The senator from Illinois has made it clear, however, that he wants Clinton to help as much as she can.
"I want her campaigning as much as she can. She was a terrific campaigner. She I think inspired millions of people, and so she can be an extraordinarily effective surrogate for me, and the values and ideals that we share as Democrats," Obama said Wednesday in Chicago.
"I think we will have a terrific time together in New Hampshire. And I think that she will be very effective all the way through the election," he said.
But voters aren't quick to forget what was, at times, a contentious race for the Democratic nomination.
Clinton labeled Obama and "elitist" for saying some small-town Pennsylvanians were "bitter" people who "cling to guns and religion" in the days leading up to that state's primary.
Obama accused Clinton on Sunday of acting like "Annie Oakley ... packin' a six-shooter" in her attempts to connect with gun owners.
"They were allies before the campaign. They will be allies again. They are very -- two astute politicians, very smart individuals, and I am sure that Sen. Obama will have Sen. Clinton as a trusted adviser. Someone who can help guide him along the path as he goes forward," she said.
Ahead of their appearance Friday, Clinton and Obama planned to meet privately with donors Thursday night.
CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama donated $2,300 Thursday to the campaign of his former opponent, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
In addition, Obama's national finance chairman, Penny Pritzker, donated $2,300, said Terry McAuliffe, who served as Clinton's chief campaign fundraiser. The $2,300 is the maximum individual contribution allowed.
"He wrote a check himself, as well as his finance chairman, so I got two checks in my pocket for Hillary," McAuliffe said.
Asked how much the checks were for, he responded, "They maxed out."
The move comes nearly three weeks after Clinton suspended her campaign and endorsed Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
This week, Obama asked top contributors to help Clinton retire her campaign debt of $22 million, about $12 million of which she loaned to her own campaign.
The two Democrats met Thursday night in Washington with her top fundraisers.
On Friday, they are to appear together a rally in Unity, New Hampshire, a town on the state's western border where they tied in the January primary.
Clinton (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/hillary_clinton) and Obama endured a protracted and, at times, fierce primary season. After months of divisive contests that took them through every state, the two are focused on uniting their party in order to defeat the Republicans in November.
Concern about the division in the party arose because the two candidates appealed to such different segments of the electorate. Clinton did well with working-class voters and the elderly. Obama (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/barack.obama.html) rallied the support of affluent, well-educated voters, African-Americans and the younger generation. http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/tabs/video.gifWatch what Clinton and Obama hope to accomplish » (http://cnn.site.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Obama+donates+to+Clinton+campaign+-+CNN.com&expire=-1&urlID=29404806&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2008%2FPOLITICS%2F0 6%2F26%2Fclinton.obama%2Findex.html&partnerID=211911#cnnSTCVideo)
(http://cnn.site.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Obama+donates+to+Clinton+campaign+-+CNN.com&expire=-1&urlID=29404806&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2008%2FPOLITICS%2F0 6%2F26%2Fclinton.obama%2Findex.html&partnerID=211911#cnnSTCVideo)
In exit polls conducted throughout the primary season, many Clinton backers said they either would not vote or would vote for Sen. John McCain (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/john.mccain.html), the presumptive Republican candidate, should Obama become their party's nominee.
Clinton has said it would be a "grave" mistake for her supporters to cast their votes for McCain.
"Anyone who voted for me has very little in common with the Republican party. If you care about the issues I care about, and the future that I outlined during my campaign, then you really have to stay with us in the Democratic Party (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/U_S_Democratic_Party_Politics) and vote for Sen. Obama to be our next president," she said in Washington on Tuesday.
Since Clinton endorsed Obama this month, she has been urging her supporters to follow suit.
"The way to continue our fight now to accomplish the goals for which we stand is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama the next president of the United States," she said as she suspended her campaign.
Obama and Clinton have appeared on good terms in recent weeks. Obama has repeatedly praised Clinton while on the trail, and this week he asked some of his top donors to help Clinton retire some of her campaign debt.
Obama has shied away from any talk of a possible joint ticket, although he's said Clinton "would be on anyone's short-list."
The senator from Illinois has made it clear, however, that he wants Clinton to help as much as she can.
"I want her campaigning as much as she can. She was a terrific campaigner. She I think inspired millions of people, and so she can be an extraordinarily effective surrogate for me, and the values and ideals that we share as Democrats," Obama said Wednesday in Chicago.
"I think we will have a terrific time together in New Hampshire. And I think that she will be very effective all the way through the election," he said.
But voters aren't quick to forget what was, at times, a contentious race for the Democratic nomination.
Clinton labeled Obama and "elitist" for saying some small-town Pennsylvanians were "bitter" people who "cling to guns and religion" in the days leading up to that state's primary.
Obama accused Clinton on Sunday of acting like "Annie Oakley ... packin' a six-shooter" in her attempts to connect with gun owners.
"They were allies before the campaign. They will be allies again. They are very -- two astute politicians, very smart individuals, and I am sure that Sen. Obama will have Sen. Clinton as a trusted adviser. Someone who can help guide him along the path as he goes forward," she said.
Ahead of their appearance Friday, Clinton and Obama planned to meet privately with donors Thursday night.