Obama and Clinton supporters are coming together like orange juice and toothpaste. Senior Clinton advisors will leave the convention when their gal is finished speaking, choosing to go home and organize their sock drawer rather than listen to His Majesty ramble.
A number of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s top advisers will not be staying in Denver long enough to hear Barack Obama accept the nomination for president, according to sources familiar with their schedules.
Clinton will deliver her speech Tuesday night. She will hold a private meeting with her top financial supporters Wednesday at noon, and will thank her delegates at an event that afternoon. Former president Bill Clinton will speak that night. Several of Hillary Clinton’s supporters are then planning to leave town. Among them, Terry McAuliffe, Clinton’s campaign chairman, and longtime supporters Steve Rattner and Maureen White. Another of Clinton’s top New York fundraisers, Alan Patricof, did not make the trip to Denver.
Obama and Clinton (or their spokespeople) publicly insist that the seeming disunity is only manufactured and incorrect. I’m, shall we say, skeptical.
by Stephan Tawney on Mon, Aug 25, 2008