Clinton says she wants Obama to win White House

[Zomby Woof]

From the Let's Keep Our Eyes On The Ball department:


Clinton says she wants Obama to win White House By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY and DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writers
Fri Aug 8, 9:30 PM ET

LAS VEGAS - Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams — and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too.

"Anyone who voted for me or caucused for me has so much more in common with Sen. Obama than Sen. McCain," Clinton told her cheering audience in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson. "Remember who we were fighting for in my campaign."

Though she has endorsed her former rival, the speech was Clinton's first appearance at a rally for Obama since the two appeared together in Unity, N.H., in June.

In another sign of growing detente between the House of Clinton and the House of Obama, Democrats said Bill Clinton would speak on the third night of this month's national convention in Denver.

The Clintons' efforts on Obama's behalf may ease worries within the party that bad feelings from the long primary battle might erupt at the convention.

She said Friday that "we may have started on two separate paths, but we are on one journey now." She said her long primary campaign against the Illinois senator showed her "his passion, his determination, his grace and his grit."

The crowd let her know they still held her in high regard. They cheered Obama's name and waved his campaign signs, but no mention of him won as loud a roar as Clinton's introduction.

Still, she kept her focus on making his case, mentioning key Democratic issues where Obama and McCain would differ — U.S. Supreme Court nominations and health care reform, for example.

She noted Democrats have had difficultly reaching the White House recently and said Obama would need a surge in turnout — and registration — to win in November.

"Which is why Sen. Obama needs all of us, he needs us working for him," she said.

More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080809/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_obama_23

[MrModerate]

1. Whatever else one may think of the Clintons . . .

They're good campaigners. Let's not forget that HRC came pretty close to winning the primary, and WJC (warts and all) is one of our age's best political speakers. Do the 'Licans have *anyone* who's even close to either one of the Cs?

[Barack_America]

2. Um, he didn't "dash" anything...

If she had run a better campaign he wouldn't have had a chance.

And I suspect she knows that. And I give her full marks for her graciousness. I'm just disappointed in the AP for obviously trying to stir up shit. But we must remember that a McCain supporter runs the AP's Washington Bureau now.

[Beausoir]

3. K&R!

Anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows that Hillary is a great asset to our party.

The trolls and fools who think otherwise are NOT Democrats.

[monmouth]

4. That's really big of her...n/t