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Home arrow Campaign arrow Clinton touts her support for Obama
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Clinton touts her support for Obama
Posted: 08/01/08 07:09 PM [ET]
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) told a group of supporters Thursday that she has done more for former rival Barack Obama’s (Ill.) presidential bid than past Democrats who have lost nominating battles.

“I think it’s fair to say that if you look at recent history, I have moved more quickly and done more on behalf of my opponent than comparable candidates have,” Clinton said at a fundraiser videotaped in Los Altos, California .

Most Democratic candidates have not offered endorsements of their former rivals until the convention, said Clinton, who listed Sen. Edward Kennedy (Mass.), former Colorado senator Gary Hart, and former California Governor Jerry Brown.

“A lot of people held out until the convention, kept their delegates, and often waged platform or rules or credential fights,” the New York Democrat said at the event, held to help her retire debt from her primary campaign. “I have made it very clear that I’m supporting Sen. Obama, and that we’re working cooperatively on a lot of different matters.”

Clinton said her camp is talking with Obama’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on plans for the convention. She said no decisions have been made on whether her name will be listed on the official nominating ballot.

“We’re trying to work that out with the Obama campaign and the DNC,” Clinton stated.

The former first lady repeatedly said it was important for the Democratic Party to unify behind Obama at the convention. At the same time, she stressed to her supporters, who are petitioning for her name to be on the ballot, that their voice should be heard.

“What we want to have happen is for Sen. Obama to be nominated by a unified convention of Democrats,” she said. “But the best way to do that is to have a strategy, so that my delegates feel like they’ve had a role, and that their legitimacy has been validated.”  

She said giving a moment of “catharsis” to her supporters at the convention could only help the party.

“I happen to believe that we will come out stronger if people feel that their voices were heard,” she added.

 
 
 
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