Hillary Clinton fired up, ready to go for Obama, an ally says
Perhaps Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama truly connected as they sipped water at Sen. Dianne Feinstein's house.
More likely, Clinton's realpolitik side simply has reemerged.
Regardless, during a conference call Friday with several dozen of the major bankrollers of her now-defunct presidential campaign, Clinton was unequivocal in her commitment to getting Obama elected and doing what she can to make that happen, according to one of the donors who was on the line.
Alan Patricof, one of Clinton’s national finance directors, told The Times' Peter Nicholas that she urged the donors to get fully on-board with Obama.
"She urged all of us to be supportive," said Patricof, a New York-based financier. "She said she hopes she’ll be doing [fundraising] events with and for [Obama]. She was very upbeat, and her voice did not have any hesitance in it or anything else."
Obama's camp, obviously, will be hoping she strikes the same tone in public Saturday in delivering her much-anticipated concession speech at noon EDT in Washington.
Patricof said today's call lasted about 30 minutes and that it avoided a particularly unpleasant subject -- the massive campaign debt she accrued in her losing bid.
Nor did topic No. 1 in political circles come up, Patricof said: Clinton's prospects of becoming Obama’s vice presidential candidate.
-- Don Frederick
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
Johanna Neuman is a veteran Washington correspondent for both The Los Angeles Times and USA Today, having covered presidents and politics as far back as Ronald Reagan. A former president of the White House Correspondents Assn., she authored a book on media and foreign policy, “Lights, Camera, Wars.” Most recently she was co-author of the 
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Hillary and Obama met at Bilderberg 2008 last night but don't expect the mainstream media to inform you:
http://www.infowars.com/?p=2572
Posted by: TruthIsTreasonComplianceIsPatriotic | June 06, 2008 at 05:16 PM
I guess she got the $10M she demanded in return for her support.
He should put that psycho in prison if he becomes president.
Posted by: Steve | June 06, 2008 at 09:38 PM
I truly hope Hillary does not do a 360 on Obama tomorrow. I hope she does the diplomatic thing and become Obama's ally in all sincerity and with no hard feelings. If she does this, then we can truly start the healing and unifying process for DNC. Make it happen Hillary!!! Democrats in the White House 08'!!!
Posted by: Patricia | June 06, 2008 at 11:13 PM