Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday what Barack Obama's backers have wanted to hear for weeks: she endorses his campaign and will do everything she can to get him elected president.
It remains to be seen how the two Democratic powerhouses will meld their machines -- or how long it will take for the political healing to take place -- but Obama supporters said they were encouraged by how unequivocal her endorsement was.
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As Clinton suspended her groundbreaking presidential campaign, she trumpeted her many primary victories as a historic achievement and called on her supporters to move beyond the long, sometimes bitter contest.
Accused earlier in the week of failing to make a gracious exit after it became clear that Obama had clinched the nomination, Clinton sent a different message in her concession speech.
"Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been," Clinton said in a half-hour speech to thousands of supporters who packed into Washington's National Building Museum. "We have to work together. And that is why I will work my heart out to make sure Sen. Obama is our next president. I hope and pray that all of you will join me in that effort."
It was a dramatic and emotional end to a campaign that had brought Clinton closer to the White House than any woman in U.S. history.
It marked the beginning of a general election campaign that pits Obama against Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, and poses a stark choice about the direction the U.S. can take after eight years of George W. Bush's presidency.
Obama and his allies welcomed Clinton's endorsement and praised her for the message her campaign sent about women's rights.
"I am thrilled and honored to have Sen. Clinton's support," Obama said. "But more than that, I honor her today for the valiant and historic campaign she has run. She shattered barriers on behalf of my daughters and women everywhere, who now know that there are no limits to their dreams."
Obama watched the speech on the Internet and phoned Clinton afterward. She did not take the call because she was speaking with supporters at the time.
But signs of detente immediately appeared on the two candidates' websites: Obama's invited supporters to e-mail Clinton to thank her for her campaign; Clinton's site posted a new message: "Support Senator Obama . . . . Together we can write the next chapter in America's story."
Dana Marie Kennedy, a Democratic activist who recruits women to run for political office, said she came all the way from Phoenix to hear Clinton's speech and was not ready yet to transfer her loyalty to Obama.
"I will get there, but I need a few days," she said.
Democrats in both camps said that Clinton had done all she could in throwing her weight behind Obama, putting to rest -- at least for now -- lingering questions about whether she might only go through the motions of backing him.
"She sounded all the notes we hoped she would on a very difficult day," said David Axelrod, Obama's senior political advisor.
But he acknowledged that some in the audience harbored bitter feelings, witnessed in the scattered booing that punctuated every comment she made about Obama. "This wasn't a rally for Barack Obama. It was a celebration of her candidacy," Axelrod said.
Her endorsement ends the agony for those Democrats who were torn between the two senators.
"How the loser loses determines whether the winner can win," said Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), who is close to both Clinton and Obama. "She did exactly what he needed today."
William A. Galston, a Brookings Institution political analyst who supports Clinton, said, "I'm totally confident it will translate into real on-the-ground help. She sent a pretty unequivocal message to supporters to cool it and figure out how to get with the program."
Clinton's unqualified endorsement of Obama cleared the way for the two campaigns to meld their strengths. A key question is whether Clinton can transfer to Obama the loyalties of those voters -- including many women, Latinos and working-class whites -- who flocked to her and shunned Obama during the primary season.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
India rejects China's claim over small part of Sikkim
On the eve of Foreign Ministerial talks, India today virtually rejected China's claim over a small part of Sikkim, saying the state's boundary issue has been settled.
Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said the recent Chinese claim over 'finger area' in Sikkim border will be discussed at the talks between External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi in Beijing tomorrow.
"I think, we will discuss peace and tranquility along the entire line, including where the boundary is settled. In the Sikkim sector, the boundary is actually settled between the two of us (India and China)," Menon told TimesNow channel when asked whether the 'finger area' issue will figure in talks.
China recently laid claim over the 'finger area', asking India to dismantle a pile of stones there.
The two sides will discuss ways to "manage" the border together, Menon said.
"The border is basically peaceful. Peace and tranquility has been maintained along the boundary, along the border and along the LAC for several years now," he said.
He said the Chinese side is expected to raise the Tibet matter during the bilateral talks as it has been a "sensitive issue in the last few months." "We will discuss Tibet as well, but there is no change in our position. Our position remains the same," the foreign secretary said.
India has been maintaining that the Tibetan Autonomous Region is a part of the Peoples' Republic of China.
India, which is home to the Tibetan government-in-exile, saw widespread protests against the Chinese "occupation" of Tibet during the Olympic Torch run in Delhi. PTI
Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said the recent Chinese claim over 'finger area' in Sikkim border will be discussed at the talks between External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi in Beijing tomorrow.
"I think, we will discuss peace and tranquility along the entire line, including where the boundary is settled. In the Sikkim sector, the boundary is actually settled between the two of us (India and China)," Menon told TimesNow channel when asked whether the 'finger area' issue will figure in talks.
China recently laid claim over the 'finger area', asking India to dismantle a pile of stones there.
The two sides will discuss ways to "manage" the border together, Menon said.
"The border is basically peaceful. Peace and tranquility has been maintained along the boundary, along the border and along the LAC for several years now," he said.
He said the Chinese side is expected to raise the Tibet matter during the bilateral talks as it has been a "sensitive issue in the last few months." "We will discuss Tibet as well, but there is no change in our position. Our position remains the same," the foreign secretary said.
India has been maintaining that the Tibetan Autonomous Region is a part of the Peoples' Republic of China.
India, which is home to the Tibetan government-in-exile, saw widespread protests against the Chinese "occupation" of Tibet during the Olympic Torch run in Delhi. PTI
Yahoo delivers search toolbar via software packager
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc has inked a deal to expand distribution of its Web search services on personal computers via a pact with software packaging firm Acresso Software, the companies said on Thursday.
Acresso, which was recently spun off by entertainment media security company Macrovision Corp, makes the widely used InstallShield, a technology used by software makers and corporate network administrators to install new PC programs.
Under the deal, Acresso plans to distribute to its customer base of more than 500 million computer users the Yahoo Toolbar -- an add-on to browsers that users can download, providing access to search and other Web navigation services from Yahoo.
The deal is designed to keep Yahoo from losing share in the competitive Web search market. Yahoo makes most of its money running ads alongside Web search and other services it offers.
Rival Google Inc, the dominant Web search provider, has struck a succession of similar distribution deals for its own toolbar with partners ranging from software maker Adobe to PC maker Dell to social network MySpace.
Microsoft Corp, the No. 3 in U.S. Web search after Yahoo, this week displaced Yahoo in a deal with Hewlett-Packard Co to distribute Microsoft search services on HP PCs.
InstallShield is used by 71,000 organizations, half of them independent software developers and the rest corporate network administrators seeking to ensure smooth software installation.
The Yahoo Toolbar will be an optional add-on that software developers using InstallShield may choose to include alongside their own programs. Yahoo will pay Acresso an undisclosed amount for bringing in new Yahoo search users. Continued...
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Acresso, which was recently spun off by entertainment media security company Macrovision Corp, makes the widely used InstallShield, a technology used by software makers and corporate network administrators to install new PC programs.
Under the deal, Acresso plans to distribute to its customer base of more than 500 million computer users the Yahoo Toolbar -- an add-on to browsers that users can download, providing access to search and other Web navigation services from Yahoo.
The deal is designed to keep Yahoo from losing share in the competitive Web search market. Yahoo makes most of its money running ads alongside Web search and other services it offers.
Rival Google Inc, the dominant Web search provider, has struck a succession of similar distribution deals for its own toolbar with partners ranging from software maker Adobe to PC maker Dell to social network MySpace.
Microsoft Corp, the No. 3 in U.S. Web search after Yahoo, this week displaced Yahoo in a deal with Hewlett-Packard Co to distribute Microsoft search services on HP PCs.
InstallShield is used by 71,000 organizations, half of them independent software developers and the rest corporate network administrators seeking to ensure smooth software installation.
The Yahoo Toolbar will be an optional add-on that software developers using InstallShield may choose to include alongside their own programs. Yahoo will pay Acresso an undisclosed amount for bringing in new Yahoo search users. Continued...
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Pakistanis despise or lionise 9/11 mastermind
A day after al Qaeda's Sept. 11 mastermind made his first appearance in a U.S. military court, Pakistanis were divided between admiration and revulsion for their countryman, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
"He deserves to be hanged," spat Mazhar Awais, an observant Muslim who runs a pharmacy in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
"Islam doesn't allow the killing of innocent people. If you're against the U.S. government, it doesn't mean kill Americans."
Many Pakistanis believe al Qaeda and its cohorts have brought dishonour on Islam by killing civilians and fellow Muslims.
But anti-American sentiment runs deep in Pakistan, where President Pervez Musharraf is often cursed for caving in to pressure to join a "war on terrorism" many Pakistanis see as America's, not theirs.
Mohammed, widely known by his initials KSM, has no shortage of admirers.
"What's happening in Guantanamo Bay? What's happening in Iraq and Afghanistan? We believe the U.S. is an aggressor and he's a hero," said Syed Sajjad Ali Shah, a retired government school principal in Peshawar.
Mohammed is on trial with four al Qaeda comrades for conspiring to murder civilians in the 2001 attacks.
They also face 2,973 counts on murder, one for each person killed when hijacked passenger planes slammed into the World Trade Centre, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.
On his first appearance, Mohammed asserted his right to act as his own attorney, declared his wish to be a martyr, and chanted an Islamic verse in Arabic, before pausing to cheerfully translate its meaning into English.
His bravado resonated among Pakistanis looking for a hero to stand up against U.S. hegemony and Muslim rulers dependent on American support.
"He's a beacon of light for Muslims. It's the time to say no to the U.S. and the West. Otherwise history won't forgive us," said Dr. Tariq bin Wahab in the southern central city of Multan.
"We have to get rid of U.S. agents like General Musharraf who have sold our country for his vested interests."
Others were sickened by Mohammed's posturing in court.
"He's a killer; he's not a martyr," said Sameena Gul, a human rights activist in Islamabad.
Mobeen Ansari, a college student in Karachi, struck a similar note.
"I think he's a criminal and the 9/11 incident has just caused hatred," he said.
More dispassionately, some saw the U.S. military trial becoming a public relations disaster for Washington, as few people will believe it could be fair.
"He's been charged (with) a global terror act, so they should hold a global level trial. It cannot be a military trial," said Muhammad Akram, a 45-year-old lawyer in the southern city of Karachi.
Others clung to conspiracy theories that the events of Sept. 11 had nothing to do with Muslims or Pakistanis.
"I don't think this was done (by anyone) from our part of the world," said Nosheen Razzak, a radio jockey, from Karachi.
"I don't think it was done by Muslims." (Additional reporting by Asim Tanveer, Aftab Borka and Sahar Ahmed; Writing by Simon Cameron-Moore; Editing by Jerry Norton)
"He deserves to be hanged," spat Mazhar Awais, an observant Muslim who runs a pharmacy in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
"Islam doesn't allow the killing of innocent people. If you're against the U.S. government, it doesn't mean kill Americans."
Many Pakistanis believe al Qaeda and its cohorts have brought dishonour on Islam by killing civilians and fellow Muslims.
But anti-American sentiment runs deep in Pakistan, where President Pervez Musharraf is often cursed for caving in to pressure to join a "war on terrorism" many Pakistanis see as America's, not theirs.
Mohammed, widely known by his initials KSM, has no shortage of admirers.
"What's happening in Guantanamo Bay? What's happening in Iraq and Afghanistan? We believe the U.S. is an aggressor and he's a hero," said Syed Sajjad Ali Shah, a retired government school principal in Peshawar.
Mohammed is on trial with four al Qaeda comrades for conspiring to murder civilians in the 2001 attacks.
They also face 2,973 counts on murder, one for each person killed when hijacked passenger planes slammed into the World Trade Centre, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.
On his first appearance, Mohammed asserted his right to act as his own attorney, declared his wish to be a martyr, and chanted an Islamic verse in Arabic, before pausing to cheerfully translate its meaning into English.
His bravado resonated among Pakistanis looking for a hero to stand up against U.S. hegemony and Muslim rulers dependent on American support.
"He's a beacon of light for Muslims. It's the time to say no to the U.S. and the West. Otherwise history won't forgive us," said Dr. Tariq bin Wahab in the southern central city of Multan.
"We have to get rid of U.S. agents like General Musharraf who have sold our country for his vested interests."
Others were sickened by Mohammed's posturing in court.
"He's a killer; he's not a martyr," said Sameena Gul, a human rights activist in Islamabad.
Mobeen Ansari, a college student in Karachi, struck a similar note.
"I think he's a criminal and the 9/11 incident has just caused hatred," he said.
More dispassionately, some saw the U.S. military trial becoming a public relations disaster for Washington, as few people will believe it could be fair.
"He's been charged (with) a global terror act, so they should hold a global level trial. It cannot be a military trial," said Muhammad Akram, a 45-year-old lawyer in the southern city of Karachi.
Others clung to conspiracy theories that the events of Sept. 11 had nothing to do with Muslims or Pakistanis.
"I don't think this was done (by anyone) from our part of the world," said Nosheen Razzak, a radio jockey, from Karachi.
"I don't think it was done by Muslims." (Additional reporting by Asim Tanveer, Aftab Borka and Sahar Ahmed; Writing by Simon Cameron-Moore; Editing by Jerry Norton)
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Disney World goes virtual on Google Earth
The Walt Disney World Resort might now be considered the happiest place inside your computer with a new product, Walt Disney World Resort in 3-D, which will give users of Google Earth a three-dimensional model of the entire park.
Users will be able to tour all four of the resort's theme parks and hotels. The models will be linked to Disney's online tools for planning travel and vacations.
"Guests and travel planners can now explore our world with just a few clicks of a mouse, and they can book vacations while being immersed in what the destination has to offer," says Jay Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, in a statement.
During the project's first phase, eight photographers worked for 10 days to shoot all the visible surfaces of Walt Disney World, including every building.
A total 100,000 photos were taken in all. These became the start for some 1,500 three-dimensional models that populate the virtual tour.
Users can get started by visiting www.disneyworld.com/3dparks.
Burbank, Calif.-based Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) operates the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom and Disney's Hollywood Studios theme parks in Orlando; owns ABC television network, 10 broadcast stations and more than 60 radio stations; and produces films through Walt Disney Studios.
Users will be able to tour all four of the resort's theme parks and hotels. The models will be linked to Disney's online tools for planning travel and vacations.
"Guests and travel planners can now explore our world with just a few clicks of a mouse, and they can book vacations while being immersed in what the destination has to offer," says Jay Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, in a statement.
During the project's first phase, eight photographers worked for 10 days to shoot all the visible surfaces of Walt Disney World, including every building.
A total 100,000 photos were taken in all. These became the start for some 1,500 three-dimensional models that populate the virtual tour.
Users can get started by visiting www.disneyworld.com/3dparks.
Burbank, Calif.-based Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) operates the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom and Disney's Hollywood Studios theme parks in Orlando; owns ABC television network, 10 broadcast stations and more than 60 radio stations; and produces films through Walt Disney Studios.
FACTBOX: Protests around the globe as oil prices pinch
Oil prices have doubled over the last year and risen 44 percent this year alone, with U.S. crude surging to a record high $139.12 a barrel on Friday, a troubling rise for energy ministers of the Group of Eight Nations plus China, India and South Korea, who are meeting in northern Japan this weekend.
Since 2004, oil prices have shed their typical $20-$30 a barrel stability to climb steadily, due to factors such as new demand from India and China and supply threats from conflict in the Middle East.
The Group of Eight consists of the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia, Germany, France, Italy and Britain.
Here are some facts on how people around the globe have reacted to rising fuel costs:
* Belgium: Fishermen, mainly from France and Italy, demonstrated against soaring fuel prices on June 4, and some clashed with policy near the European Union's headquarters. French fishermen say they will go broke unless they can buy diesel at half the market rate.
* Britain: Hundreds of protesting truck drivers blocked London roads on May 28, causing chaos. Almost a week later fishermen's groups massed in the centre of the capital to demand urgent government aid to ease rising fuel costs.
* Bulgaria: More than 150 truck drivers and dozens of bus drivers from across Bulgaria converged in a convoy on the outskirts of the capital Sofia on May 28, saying high fuel prices meant they were operating at a loss.
* Chile: Thousands of Chilean drivers parked their trucks along national highways this week to protest soaring fuel prices and diesel taxes in a tacit rejection of the government's $1 billion dollar (509 million pound) cash subsidy on consumer fuel prices. They lifted the strike on June 6.
* Italy: Commercial fishermen went on strike on May 30, closing down the industry on both coasts. Continued...
Since 2004, oil prices have shed their typical $20-$30 a barrel stability to climb steadily, due to factors such as new demand from India and China and supply threats from conflict in the Middle East.
The Group of Eight consists of the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia, Germany, France, Italy and Britain.
Here are some facts on how people around the globe have reacted to rising fuel costs:
* Belgium: Fishermen, mainly from France and Italy, demonstrated against soaring fuel prices on June 4, and some clashed with policy near the European Union's headquarters. French fishermen say they will go broke unless they can buy diesel at half the market rate.
* Britain: Hundreds of protesting truck drivers blocked London roads on May 28, causing chaos. Almost a week later fishermen's groups massed in the centre of the capital to demand urgent government aid to ease rising fuel costs.
* Bulgaria: More than 150 truck drivers and dozens of bus drivers from across Bulgaria converged in a convoy on the outskirts of the capital Sofia on May 28, saying high fuel prices meant they were operating at a loss.
* Chile: Thousands of Chilean drivers parked their trucks along national highways this week to protest soaring fuel prices and diesel taxes in a tacit rejection of the government's $1 billion dollar (509 million pound) cash subsidy on consumer fuel prices. They lifted the strike on June 6.
* Italy: Commercial fishermen went on strike on May 30, closing down the industry on both coasts. Continued...
Hillary Clinton to end campaign at site of Bill Clinton's celebrations
Hillary Clinton will wave goodbye to her 2008 campaign Saturday at the National Museum Building, where she and Bill Clinton celebrated his presidential victories
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Barack Obama was all smiles durnig a rally in Chicago on Friday.
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton's last waltz from the 2008 White House race will be performed on a stage where she and Bill danced the night away to celebrate his 1992 and 1996 wins.
New York's junior senator will gather supporters around her at noon in the National Museum Building, a scene of inaugural balls and victory galas in the Clinton-Gore era.
Clinton insiders expected her last turn in the '08 spotlight would be upbeat as she backs Barack Obama, the rival who upset her once-inevitable march to the Oval Office.
"It was very close, but now we'll do everything we can to help Barack Obama become the next President," Clinton campaign Chairman Terry McAuliffe told reporters outside the senator's Embassy Row mansion, where she held a massive afternoon party to bid her staff farewell.
"She will do anything she can to help Barack Obama," he said. "If he wants her to travel every day, she will do that."
Sources called the event fun, but there were also tears and hugs - and lingering bitterness that will take some time to heal among Clinton's soon-to-be-unemployed foot soldiers.
"I will never forgive Obama for what he did to Hillary," said a campaign aide who declined to be specific.
"I will vote for him, but that's it," said another.
The wound-licking celebration came after a meeting the night before between the former rivals, who both evaded the press to meet for an hour at the home of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
"They called me when it was over. I came down and said, 'Good night, everybody, I hope you had a good meeting,'" Feinstein told reporters. "They were laughing and that was it."
Sources told the Daily News they avoided the touchy subject of the vice presidency, which many Clinton supporters would like to see her tapped for, but which Clinton's office said she is not seeking.
"She doesn't know what she wants to do yet," said one senior insider.
A cocky Obama reveled Friday in his status as the party's standard-bearer, making a bold prediction in a surprise visit to a Chicago rally for its 2016 Olympics bid.
"In 2016, I'll be wrapping up my second term as President," Obama said.
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crat3 Jun 7, 2008 3:40:57 AM Report Offensive Post
"'In 2016, I'll be wrapping up my second term as President,' Obama said." The apparent arrogance of his cult powers, which obviously don't extend to supporters of Sen. Clinton. Sen. Clinton's supporters in the swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan should work for Obama's defeat by campaigning and voting for McCain. Obama must win atleast three of these states in November. I will volunteer and vote for McCain in a swing state. The key for Obama to win in November lies with Sen. Clinton's supporters in the swing states; for Obama, that key is lost for 2008 but it opens the door to 2012 for Sen. Clinton, when she can reform a corrupt Democratic Party.
ez2c Jun 7, 2008 4:46:26 AM Report Offensive Post
The Democratic Nominee and Also-Ran are setting the example by making nice. The question remains, will the flocks follow suit? Hillary, the Queen of Spin and a Legend in Her Own Mind! http://klintons.com
bruceofthebush Jun 7, 2008 5:24:15 AM Report Offensive Post
As an observer in South Africa it has been a pleasure to watch Democacy in action, mainly from my satellite feed from MSNBC who boradcast the Race for the Whitehouse nearly 24 hours a day. With the "fourth estate" , if that is the correct term, we can see how a free open media/press fosters democracy. I do have a question, which may be obvious to everyone in the USA, but to us in the outside world it is a mystery. My question is as follows. Is Nancy Pelosi allowed to be invited to become VP to Obama? Are there restrictions as the speaker of the house of being barred from this office? I ask this as she appears to me to have no baggage, is well spoken and well respected; experienced in politics and able to speak her mind without fear or favour on important issues on education, health care, the war in Iraq, and the well being of the planet. Surely she would make a better match as a VP than Hilary Clinton??
Samelson21 Jun 7, 2008 6:10:34 AM Report Offensive Post
It is too obvious that Newsday was always against Hillary’s candidacy. Now that she is about to give up, the misogynists of Newsday still doesn’t want to say anything nice about the brave woman who got out 18 million voters during the primary in support of her candidacy and many millions who couldn’t vote during the primaries. The press seems to be obsessed with Obama as they did with Iraq war. Although they know now that all their hoopla about Iraq war was a lie, no one has the guts to acknowledge they were wrong in supporting the lies from the White House when they hailed the war drums. Similarly, when Obama stumbles, these guys will quickly abandon him and go to the next thriller. The gentleman from South Africa who had commented earlier should know that most of the corporate media here are a bunch of opportunists and they are not part of a democracy.
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Barack Obama was all smiles durnig a rally in Chicago on Friday.
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton's last waltz from the 2008 White House race will be performed on a stage where she and Bill danced the night away to celebrate his 1992 and 1996 wins.
New York's junior senator will gather supporters around her at noon in the National Museum Building, a scene of inaugural balls and victory galas in the Clinton-Gore era.
Clinton insiders expected her last turn in the '08 spotlight would be upbeat as she backs Barack Obama, the rival who upset her once-inevitable march to the Oval Office.
"It was very close, but now we'll do everything we can to help Barack Obama become the next President," Clinton campaign Chairman Terry McAuliffe told reporters outside the senator's Embassy Row mansion, where she held a massive afternoon party to bid her staff farewell.
"She will do anything she can to help Barack Obama," he said. "If he wants her to travel every day, she will do that."
Sources called the event fun, but there were also tears and hugs - and lingering bitterness that will take some time to heal among Clinton's soon-to-be-unemployed foot soldiers.
"I will never forgive Obama for what he did to Hillary," said a campaign aide who declined to be specific.
"I will vote for him, but that's it," said another.
The wound-licking celebration came after a meeting the night before between the former rivals, who both evaded the press to meet for an hour at the home of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
"They called me when it was over. I came down and said, 'Good night, everybody, I hope you had a good meeting,'" Feinstein told reporters. "They were laughing and that was it."
Sources told the Daily News they avoided the touchy subject of the vice presidency, which many Clinton supporters would like to see her tapped for, but which Clinton's office said she is not seeking.
"She doesn't know what she wants to do yet," said one senior insider.
A cocky Obama reveled Friday in his status as the party's standard-bearer, making a bold prediction in a surprise visit to a Chicago rally for its 2016 Olympics bid.
"In 2016, I'll be wrapping up my second term as President," Obama said.
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"'In 2016, I'll be wrapping up my second term as President,' Obama said." The apparent arrogance of his cult powers, which obviously don't extend to supporters of Sen. Clinton. Sen. Clinton's supporters in the swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan should work for Obama's defeat by campaigning and voting for McCain. Obama must win atleast three of these states in November. I will volunteer and vote for McCain in a swing state. The key for Obama to win in November lies with Sen. Clinton's supporters in the swing states; for Obama, that key is lost for 2008 but it opens the door to 2012 for Sen. Clinton, when she can reform a corrupt Democratic Party.
ez2c Jun 7, 2008 4:46:26 AM Report Offensive Post
The Democratic Nominee and Also-Ran are setting the example by making nice. The question remains, will the flocks follow suit? Hillary, the Queen of Spin and a Legend in Her Own Mind! http://klintons.com
bruceofthebush Jun 7, 2008 5:24:15 AM Report Offensive Post
As an observer in South Africa it has been a pleasure to watch Democacy in action, mainly from my satellite feed from MSNBC who boradcast the Race for the Whitehouse nearly 24 hours a day. With the "fourth estate" , if that is the correct term, we can see how a free open media/press fosters democracy. I do have a question, which may be obvious to everyone in the USA, but to us in the outside world it is a mystery. My question is as follows. Is Nancy Pelosi allowed to be invited to become VP to Obama? Are there restrictions as the speaker of the house of being barred from this office? I ask this as she appears to me to have no baggage, is well spoken and well respected; experienced in politics and able to speak her mind without fear or favour on important issues on education, health care, the war in Iraq, and the well being of the planet. Surely she would make a better match as a VP than Hilary Clinton??
Samelson21 Jun 7, 2008 6:10:34 AM Report Offensive Post
It is too obvious that Newsday was always against Hillary’s candidacy. Now that she is about to give up, the misogynists of Newsday still doesn’t want to say anything nice about the brave woman who got out 18 million voters during the primary in support of her candidacy and many millions who couldn’t vote during the primaries. The press seems to be obsessed with Obama as they did with Iraq war. Although they know now that all their hoopla about Iraq war was a lie, no one has the guts to acknowledge they were wrong in supporting the lies from the White House when they hailed the war drums. Similarly, when Obama stumbles, these guys will quickly abandon him and go to the next thriller. The gentleman from South Africa who had commented earlier should know that most of the corporate media here are a bunch of opportunists and they are not part of a democracy.
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