Senator Clinton assisting Senator Obama with major fund raising event

[grantcart]

Multiple sources

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/06/17/2008-06-17_hil_and_obama_together_again_first_joint.html

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/06/obama-and-clint.html

Senator Clinton hosting a major event next week to encourage her major donors to support Senator Obama's campaign with a joint appearence next week



Hil and Obama, together again: First joint appearance to rally her donors

BY MICHAEL SAUL
DAILY NEWS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 4:48 PM


Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama at a campaign stop in Grantham, Pa., in April. Next week, they'll be reunited publicly for the first time since she dropped her presidential bid.
Hillary Clinton will join Barack Obama for a joint appearance in Washington next week to persuade her donors to begin giving to the Democrats' nominee, the Daily News has learned.

It's the first known plan to bring together the victor and vanquished from the Democrat primary race and put their pledges of unity for the fall campaign into action.

Jonathan Mantz, Clinton's national finance director, sent top Clinton fundraisers an e-mail today inviting them to the event on June 26.

"As we move forward, we invite you to join us for a National Finance Committee meeting with both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on Thursday, June 26th in Washington, D.C., to discuss how we can work together to support Barack Obama and the Democratic Party," Mantz wrote.

"Hillary ran for President because she wants to put this country on the right track," Mantz wrote. "She continues to fight and stand strong for our values and priorities and will do everything she can to unify the party and to elect Barack Obama the next President of the United States."

As part of the effort, Mantz wrote, the Clinton campaign is encourage its supporters to contribute $2,300 to Obama's campaign.

[Olney Blue]

1. She said she would help him, and she is keeping her word.

[grantcart]

6. Yes especially given the fact that her campaign still needs to raise money as well

[Labors of Hercules]

27. I was going to say...

Isn't it really the other way around?: Senator Obama assisting Senator Clinton with major fund raising event? (add: to pay her debts)...

[musicblind]

2. I knew she would!

That's why I love her! What wonderful news all around!

I need to make another contribution soon! We need to get Obama in the White House


GoMama!

[grantcart]

3. very very classy

[hokies4ever]

29. Well, to be honest, it's not like she has another choice

after all, that huge campaign debt won't magically disappear.

[blondeatlast]

4. Forward, forward, forward! Thank you, Hillary! nt

[grantcart]

16. ..

[grantcart]

5. Becoming a major story here is the third placing in just a few minutes

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/17/clinton_obama_to_meet_with_her.html


Clinton, Obama to Meet with Her Top Fundraisers
By Anne E. Kornblut
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has scheduled her first joint appearance with Sen. Barack Obama since the end of the nomination fight, officials from both camps confirmed late Tuesday.

Clinton has invited her finance committee members -- read: top fundraisers -- to a June 26 meeting in Washington, they said. It is unclear when Clinton will make her debut appearance in public, solo or with Obama, since exiting the race; she has been on vacation since then. But her finance director Jonathan Mantz has reportedly been working overtime to make the donor transition happen.

Posted at 7:27 PM ET on Jun 17, 2008 | Category: Hillary Rodham Clinton

[Cha]

7. This is grand!

:bounce: :patriot: :patriot: :kick: :party:

[Occam Bandage]

8. Very, very classy. I'm glad to see her doing her part to fix up this party.

[grantcart]

9. can you imagine what the McCain fund raisers are thinking right now?

Have you heard of many of the other Republican candidates handing their fund raisers over to McCain?

I haven't

[grantcart]

10. late night kick

[grantcart]

11. Here is a copy of the letter - Senator Clinton deserves great credit for this

From the Clinton campaign....


Thank you again for your efforts on behalf of Hillary Clinton's ground-breaking campaign. We are very appreciative of your hard work and support since day one - you have been there every step of the way and we will never forget your commitment.

As we move forward, we invite you to join us for a National Finance Committee meeting with both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on Thursday, June 26th in Washington, DC to discuss how we can work together to support Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.

Hillary ran for president because she wants to put this country on the right track. She continues to fight and stand strong for our values and priorities and will do everything she can to unify the party and to elect Barack Obama the next President of the United States.

As part of her effort, we are encouraging our supporters to help demonstrate our collective support and strength by writing a check of up to $2,300 to his primary campaign.

National Finance Committee Meeting with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama

Date: Thursday, June 26th
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

RSVP: Please RSVP to Camellia Meehan at [e-mail] by Monday, June 23rd.
Contributions to Senator Obama's campaign can be made payable to "Obama for America".

Best,

Jonathan Mantz
National Finance Director

[jonestonesusa]

12. Glad to see it!

Congratulations to Senator Clinton and Obama for moving on. Maybe our country can in November!

[grantcart]

23. thanks for your comment and welcome to DU

[jonestonesusa]

28. Thanks for your welcome.

I appreciate your greeting. See you around!

[Eric J in MN]

13. I wrote when she gave the concession speech that...

...it was the right move not to make that a joint appearance, because then their first joint appearance since would be news.

And it is.

[Colobo]

14. Good for both- Good for the party... Good for America.

[grantcart]

15. good for you and good for this thread lol

[SeattleGirl]

17. Cool! I'm so glad they are going to be appearing together.

I hope there is video of the event.

[radfringe]

18. McCain saying nice supportive things about Clinton

the blather has been about whether or not Obama could gather in the Clinton supporters - mainly women.

McCain didn't waste any time and is attempting to "woo" this group. I heard that he even has a forum/discussion group specifically dedicated to women who support Clinton.

A woman at my workplace told me the other day that she is going to vote for McCain because he's said so many nice things about Clinton, showed her respect etc.

I launched into a litany of mccain's record regarding women's issues, didn't make a difference to her.

then I asked her "If Clinton were the nominee and was running against McCain - do you think McCain would be saying all these 'nice' things?"

the response was "uhhh, no"

me: "then isn't obvious that all mccain is doing is pandering, telling you what you want to hear?"

[grantcart]

19. this is just the first stage of disappointment - it takes time to adjust and they will

[grantcart]

20. Senato Clinton's efforts for Senator Obama deserves more exposure and support

[rox63]

21. Go Hill! GOBAMA!

Unity is beautiful thing. :D

[grantcart]

22. thank you rox63

[phrigndumass]

24. Kickin

Good news!

[cui bono]

25. Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours

Missed it by that much.

[Dems to Win]

26. donors want OBAMA to help pay Clinton debt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080618/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_obama_meeting

From the AP story about the meeting:

"Two people closely involved with Clinton's fundraising said the meeting had taken on added urgency after several of her money "bundlers" complained that they felt their concerns weren't heard during meetings last week with Obama campaign officials in New York and Washington.

Both individuals spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the meeting.

Among other things, the donors want to make sure Obama knows that in order to get their help he needs to help Clinton pay down her campaign debt."


Just more Clinton demands upon Obama.

Nothing to thank Clinton for here.