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Obama Meeting With Clinton Right Now: BREAKING NEWS (UPDATED)

June 5th, 2008
By JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief

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NBC Political Director Chuck Todd just said on MSNBC that Democratic presumptive nominee Senator Barack Obama is now meeting with defeated rival Senator Hillary Clinton in Washington D.C.– a private meeting pulled off by the Obama camp in a way to keep the press pack literally miles away from it.

(MSNBC has just placed a banner on its website about this story but no published details yet…)

According to Todd, the press left on the campaign plane in a routine flight…except Obama wasn’t there. He was slated to meet with Clinton for private discussions.

The meeting comes amid pressure from some in the Clinton camp for Obama to name Clinton as his Vice President.

More details will follow later, but most likely it’s a getting-to-know-you meeting. Todd also speculated that the the two could chat about Clinton’s Saturday concession speech. When was the meeting slated? No one knows but could it have been yesterday:

Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton had a first, brief face-to-face conversation Wednesday after his historic victory, an exchange that left Obama optimistic about rebuilding party unity even though Clinton so far refuses to drop out.

Obama also announced that he’s picked a three-member vice presidential search committee _ a seeming attempt to tamp down growing talk by Clinton supporters that he should put her on the ticket.

Clinton and Obama ran into each other backstage at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference here, which they addressed just minutes apart Wednesday morning. But Obama’s comments left open the question of just how quickly Clinton might concede, as aides say she will need at least a few days to sort out her next move.

“We’re going to be having a conversation in coming weeks. And I’m very confident how unified the Democratic Party’s going to be to win in November,” Obama told reporters as he left the Senate.

He dismissed a question about Clinton’s refusal to concede after the final two primaries Tuesday night by saying she was “understandably focused on her supporters.”

Most of the ongoing speculation is about whether Obama will choose Clinton as his veep. Analysts are split on whether it would help or even hurt Obama. Polls have also shown mild support for the idea to somewhat stronger support for the idea. Most analysists believe Clinton does indeed want it but hurt herself by her Tuesday night post primary speech which some saw as graceless, defiant and not acknowledging Obama’s historic victory. Yesterday, amid reports that some of her supporters criticized her in a conference phone call, it was announced that she was getting out of the race and would make a formal announcement on Saturday.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post went on the site by accident before it was completed. Usually we can stop a post if it starts to go through, but the system wouldn’t allow it and it took several minutes to call the post back up and fix it. We regret the error and the problem in reaccessing the system immediately.

UPDATE: MSNBC now has this on its website:

Hillary Rodham Clinton met late Thursday with Barack Obama, a day after saying she would end her quest for the Democratic nomination and endorse the Illinois senator.

A senior Obama campaign official confirmed to NBC News that Obama delayed his departure from Washington Thursday night to meet with Clinton at her home here.

Earlier, Clinton had disavowed efforts by some supporters who have urged Obama to choose her as his running mate.

“She is not seeking the vice presidency, and no one speaks for her but her,” communications director Howard Wolfson said. “The choice here is Senator Obama’s and his alone.”

Clinton was planning an event in Washington Saturday to thank supporters and urge them to back Obama’s candidacy. But as she was bowing out of the race, supporters in Congress and elsewhere were ramping up a campaign to pressure him to put her on the ticket in the No. 2 spot.

Bob Johnson, the billionaire founder of Black Entertainment Television and a Clinton supporter, sent a letter to the Congressional Black Caucus Wednesday urging the group to encourage Obama to choose Clinton as his vice presidential pick. He said he was doing so with her blessing.

Obama is seeking to become the first black president.

Clinton has told other friends and supporters she would be willing to be Obama’s running mate. But her immediate task is bringing her own presidential bid to a close.



This entry was posted on Thursday, June 5th, 2008 at 6:26 pm and is filed under Barack Obama, Newsweek Blogitics, Vice President, Hillary Clinton, Democrats, 2008 Elections, Breaking News, Politics. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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    So the deal has been agreed on. It may be months before we know the total price. Clinton will have to keep her end of the bargain to collect.
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    I am getting seriously tired of this spiteful game
    here we have 2 great people who have made our country proud
    we have the first AA nominee, we have the first serious female contender and quite possibly the first really electable female Veep, Ferraro NEVER for all her acco'plishments was a real player.
    I must say I was against Clinton as I dont believe in family tickets the Kennedys who gave so much and fot whom we all pray regarding Teddy and alas, the Bushs to mention the latest and most nightmarish instalmemt. I did not voted HRC because I wanted more choice that is all.
    Obama cant win, this is very simple maths without Hillary
    and she cant without his voters
    we can see that as a battle
    we can see that as a perfect match
    tell me what is wrong in having HRC on Obama ticket
    I did not see wrong in hoping ion the very early days of the campaign in dreaming him as her Veep
    I stand by my dreams
    She was fit to be a pres and she is certainlty fit to be a Veep
    and he was fit for both
    they are politicinas for heavensake they are no kids and bless them they are not GWB
    I know some people and some stupid journal;ists are concerned by WJC
    I only saw the legitimate concerns of a spouse for his mate
    the goings can get very tough in politics
    and it says a lot that he went out of his way to fight for her in their relationship
    every man/woman can be a fool in his/her life when it comes to Bimbo/boytoy Explosion
    but his fight for her on her behalf , his very humiliating behaviours so out of the man we voted for say his love and his anguish for her
    he had to do it even he he had to play dirty
    and yes when he will campaign on behalf of the dream ticket you bet we shall see WJC rise to unstoppable heights
    WJC was bad because he was cast in a divisive role, not one of his making but the primary making
    WJC is good is strong is formidable when he stands for what he believes i.e.Unity
    it was not his best role yet it was his redeeming role
    and yes HRC is fit for a Veep
    and yes while voting for Barack, I carried on dreaming on the dream ticket
    yes it is right BHO went to see her at her request and when and where she wanted
    does not shock me
    what shocks me is all those people who say what me a BHO voter thinks
    There is no victory when you are not sharing it
    theer is no defeat when your team wins
    I know and I am a woman who voted Carter , who was a Reagan democrat, who did not vote Mondale and while voting Clinton, cringed at Monica. like many people I am a voter of many colors
    my country and my fellow democrats made me proud on tuesday
    I was proud of Brack and yes I loved Hillary speech, because they are both siodes of the same coin
    one who sees what we can achiave as the great nation we are and one who has the skills the awesome skills it will take to get to cross Jordan
    Some voters and some women carry a grudge against BHO because the battle was sexist, you bet it was , and darn racist and darn misogynistic and misandristic too. I am appalled to put it mldly, I am sulking about the numerous rants on both sides but no birth is easy
    it is a cathartic moment
    our country was at a cross road
    either we carry on with the same crappitudes of the Republican party and we all know what that party has in store for science, education, social advancment , choice, gender and lifetsyle and even religion- i am a christian whose faith has been highjacked by the Religious Right
    or we are the democrats and the democrats this year have given to our country the first female et AA winning ticket
    now it is up to us either to make our forafathers and our foremothers proud or not
    you bet I among so many BHO voters want HRC on the democrat ticket
    not because of her voters but because her and her voters are our brothers and sisters and because we all share the same ideals
    so please stop wondering if she if he
    it will be both
    end of the endless senseless game
    united we stand
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    "So the deal has been agreed on."

    Yes, or at least been begun, and it was done the right way, without interference or intrusion by anyone else, and they aren't going to discuss details with the chattering classes or media, playing a typical debased contemporary role as pests and troublemakers if they try to push for details or even complain about it.

    Anyone in the liberal media complaining or anyone involved on the Democratic side who's complaining, and has been ridiculously foolish in the past about the issue of diplomacy and risk of appeasement rather than being strong if not confrontational toward our enemies and adversaries only looks silly once more. This was one of those instances where the thing to do between the two candidates (and acting on behalf of their two groups) was to meet and talk.

    They did the right thing. And the details are nobody else's business.
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    "Clinton will have to keep her end of the bargain to collect."

    It has to be something that she cannot risk reneging on, or that is something that doesn't depend on trusting her, which nobody with any sense would normally do.
 
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