Tribute to HRC from Obama - story about his Grandmother and Daughter, Malia.

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Pool Report From Clinton-Obama Event at the Mayflower

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Quick summary: The 30-minute event was emotional and upbeat. Both candidates warmly received, generous to each other, and very focused on winning. About 200 people attended. Partial guest list below.

Also, before the event, your pooler witnessed Obama finance committee chair Penny Pritzker writing a $4,600 check from her and her husband to help retire Clinton's debt. "We're helping. It's important," Pritzker said, on her way into the ballroom.

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Next it was Obama's turn, and he told two stories about his family to "illustrate the extraordinary nature of (Clinton's) public service, and extraordinary nature of her campaign."

One was the familiar tale of Obama's maternal grandmother, who worked on a bomber assembly line during World War II, but who never went to college because she didn't qualify for the G.I. bill -- yet rose from bank secretary to bank vice president.

He talked to her frequently during the primary season, and obviously "she was rooting for her grandson," Obama said. But she also complained that Clinton wasn't getting a fair shake. "When I see that instinct of hers to fight on behalf of those who need a champion, she reminds me a little of me," Obama's grandmother told him. He said the story illustrated "the ability of Hillary Clinton to inspire passion on behalf of those who have been left out in the past."

Then he told of being surprised that his 9-year-old daughter Malia had been well aware of the historic nature of the Clinton-Obama duel. Her father, she knew, could be the first African American president. But she also observed that Clinton could be the first woman. "Then she said, it's about time, and rolled over and went to bed," Obama said.

As the laughter died down, he continued, "between my grandmother's generation and my young daughter, there's a testimony to the challenges that are hard won and hard fought. To the point that my 9-year-old takes for granted that of course we can have a woman president. Of course we can have an African-American president. But that doesn't come just by the passage of time. It comes because people are consistently working and fighting."

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And that, folks, was the night's big applause line. In vowing to help pay off Clinton's debt, Obama won a standing ovation.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/26/pool_report_from_clintonobama.html

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1. And on to Unity, New Hampshire tomorrow..

Then Saturday the GE!

[nc4bo]

2. anyone watching CNN tonight?

They're falling all over themselves and patting themselves on the back with this exclusive "hidden" audio/video clip of the event.

Very tacky and the video and audio is totally bootleg or cellphone-ish. It shows Clinton talking then Obama and Clinton.

I guess they were digging for dirt to get some good ratings material, catch a little gossip. I'm just glad they all weren't having an orgy in there instead of a pep rally ;).

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3. There was a pool reporter in the room so they knew what they were saying was going to be reported.

[nc4bo]

4. ahhh ok i missed that. why the terrible video?

I'm just glad they're trying to get it together. Strength in numbers and all.

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5. The pooler didn't get to provide audio or video of the meeting but she was in the room.

She was on CNN afterward. Shailagh Murray of the Washington Post was the pool reporter. The link above goes to the pool report.

edit to add - after Mayhill Fowler's tricks at the San Francisco fundraiser where she taped the "bitter" crap and her tape from the rope line of Bill Clinton's comments on the Vanity Fair article, they should assume anything they say at these type of events is recorded and available to the media and public.

[grantcart]

6. CNN has audio

[DeepModem Mom]

7. I love these deeply personal references to his daughter and grandmother --

outstanding, Senator Obama!