What a dufus. Senator Clinton run from this man. We’ll pay off your debt. But run as far as you can from this man.
Jonathan Martin on Politico notes the following:
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama may have presented a unified image last night in New York, but tensions between supporters of the two candidates continue to simmer.
For many Obama backers, it’s a tough pill to swallow to help retire the debt Clinton incurred largely to stay in the race and pound away at the eventual nominee after it became clear he would win.
For true-blue Obama loyalists, therefore, any request for money these days is being closely examined.
To this end, when Ed Chandler, a Chicago venture capitalist and Obama donor, sent out an e-mail last week promoting an intimate dinner with the nominee for high-dollar donors he made clear to specify where the dollars were going.
“NONE OF THE MONEY RAISED WILL GO TO PAY OFF HILLARY CLINTON’S DEBTS,” Chandler wrote to potential givers in an e-mail obtained by Politico. “While you may have heard that Sen. Obama has asked people to make a separate donation to the Clinton campaign for that purpose, neither the law, nor the ethic of this campaign, will allow for any transfer of funds from Obama For America to Clinton.”
Money raised beyond the individual limits, Chandler notes, will instead go to the DNC.
Is there a point as why we should raise money for Obama?
The story on Barack getting carried away (with himself) from United Press International:
Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama almost forgot to ask donors to help relieve former rival Hillary Clinton’s campaign debt at a fundraiser.
The former rivals agreed on a plan to help one another, in which Obama would urge donors to help relieve about $10 million of Clinton’s campaign debt while Clinton would help raise funds for the Illinois senator’s presidential bid, CNN reported.
Obama nearly forgot his half of the agreement at a joint New York fundraiser Wednesday when he walked off the stage without mentioning Clinton’s need for help, the report said.
“Hold on a second guys, I was getting all carried away. I’ve got one more thing that is important to do,” Obama said when he reappeared a few minutes after his exit. “Senator Clinton still has some debt. And I could have had some debt if I hadn’t won so I know the drill.”
Obama went on to urge donors to help Clinton as “part of the process of making sure that we are unified moving forward.”