Ellen Moran: The Obama-Clinton Thaw Continues

[jefferson_dem]

Ellen Moran: The Obama-Clinton Thaw Continues
from The Stump by tnr1.com

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/images/I26421-2004Jul30

Today Barack Obama announced his White House communications team: Ellen Moran as communications director, Robert Gibbs as press secretary, and Dan Pfeiffer as Moran's deputy.

Gibbs and Pfeiffer were core members of Obama's campaign media team, so no shock there. But the name of Moran, a longtime Democratic operative who since 2005 has been executive director of the pro-choice fundraising group Emily's List, comes as a surprise. Unlike the others, she's not a member of Obama's inner circle and played no role in his campaign. In fact, she was actually a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton in the primaries.

And Emily's List didn't just endorse Hillary over Obama--the group stuck with her to the bitter end, only endorsing Obama on June 6, after Hillary dropped out of the race. Moran's boss, Ellen Malcolm, publicly smacked the abortion rights outfit NARAL for backing Obama in mid-May, by which time it was clear Hillary would lose. (Malcolm called the move "tremendously direspectful" to Clinton.)

Moran, who donated money to Hillary, even expressed her disappointment about the primary's outcome to The Progressive this summer: "There are women activists who waited their whole lives to see ju\. and to have this chance and I’m kind of one of them." (Moran added that she fully supported Obama over McCain.)

Another sign that Obama is just not much of a grudge-bearer.

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--Michael Crowley

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_stump/archive/2008/11/22/ellen-moran-the-obama-clinton-thaw-continues.aspx

[undeterred]

1. What about DANA?

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[Captain Hilts]

2. More stupid speculation. nt

[jefferson_dem]

3. Dunno...

That it's speculation since she was named to the Obama team today and her connection Emily's List and loyalty to Hillary is public record.

This is another reassuring transition move by Obama...