Posted on 03/14/2008 10:43:08 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON - On this presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton can agree: They sometimes disagree with their trash-talking supporters and will try to cool it.
Advisers to the Democratic candidates shed some light Friday on the private chat the two candidates had Thursday on the Senate floor. The talk lasted three or four minutes in full view of reporters watching on the balcony above who could see them talking, but not hear what they said.
"They approached one another and spoke about how supporters for both campaigns have said things they reject," said Clinton spokesman Phil Singer. "They agreed that the contrasts between their respective records, qualifications and issues should be what drives this campaign, and nothing else."
An Obama adviser, speaking on a condition of anonymity about the private conversation, gave a similar account, while stressing that it was Obama who approached Clinton on the subject. They committed to making sure that their supporters don't get overheated in the future, the adviser said.
With Clinton and Obama in such a close race for the nomination, the campaign has grown increasingly acrimonious. Surrogates and aides to the candidates have stirred racial and gender divisions that Democrats fear will leave the eventual nominee badly damaged and battered heading into the general election.
Party members also fear that the rancor will make it difficult to unite the party for the November contest, undercutting Democrats' chances of winning the White House after eight years of President Bush.
Democrats face a protracted nomination fight that is likely to last at least until voting in June and perhaps won't be resolved until the convention in Denver at the end of August.
In contrast, John McCain has already secured the Republican nomination and has moved forward with fundraising and other efforts that will prepare him to campaign against whoever emerges from the Obama-Clinton fight. A badly damaged and battered nominee will do nothing to help their united cause of getting a Democrat back in the White House next year.
Clinton and Obama's rare appearance in the Senate was to cast several votes on a closely debated budget bill.
It followed a week of harsh words that led to resignations in both camps. Samantha Power gave up her position as an unpaid foreign policy adviser to Obama after calling Clinton a "monster." Geraldine Ferraro, who was the party's vice presidential nominee in 1984, stepped down from Clinton's finance committee after she said Obama would not have made it this far if he were white.
Obama, the naif, may be sincere. But Nurse Ratched will stab him in the back.
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan speaks in Chicago observance of Saviours' Day Feb. 24, 2008 file photo. There is unease among some Jewish voters about Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., prompted in part by the praise Obama has received from Farrakhan, whose comments about Judaism are toxic to many voters. (AP Photo/Jerry Lai, File)
Former vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro holds her hand up and turns away as she tells a reporter she does not want to talk about her involvement in Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., campaign after addressing attendees at the Women's Summit 2008 on the Bryant University campus in North Smithfield, Thursday afternoon, March 13, 2008. Ferraro, a supporter of Sen. Clinton has recently come under fire for suggesting Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is receiving special considerations in his bid for the White House because of his race. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
There is a near unlimited supply of kamikaze surrogates out there.
They are democrats, therefore they are traitors, liars and cheaters.
They can talk until the sun burns out, but the can’t change what they are.... nor their intent.
Sounds an awful lot like when Hamas and etc. call a “truce”. Means they need time to resupply and plan another attack.
It was announced today by a reliable source, the D0-Over in Florida will be something new in voting meathods. It will be a “Phone Vote”. Voting for your favorite Lib will be as close as your cell phone. Honesty is the trademark of the Democratic Party.
She beats up on him, beats up on him, and he pays for it at the polls. Then he punches back, and as soon as it has effect (for example Rejection of VP candidacy and mocking her and successfully putting her back on her heels, and Gerard-Ferrao-Gate), she raises a White Flag.
Now he would step back, and here come Lenny Davis, Maggie Williams, Terry McAulife, and James Carville.......to start the cycle over....
NOTE: Three days before PA primary, Klinton camp would put some info out there, not giving him time to recover. Its a pattern that repeats.
Klintons - there is not stopping them.
Obama, don’t trust hilllereee as far as you could throw her.
Trust your own instincts.
Prepare for her attack.
Prepare to attack back.
She is ruthless.
Don’t be the nice guy ALL THE TIME.
She needs to be shown up for what she is.
Have some things in your back pocket
Don’t let her talk like she is superior to you.
Stand up to her.
Call her on things
Stop her political future right now!
Go Barack Obama!!!!
I meant the clintins(not obama) are ruthless and have nothing in their pitiful lives except hunger for power.
Don Corleone: So, Barzini will move against you first. He’ll set up a meeting with someone that you absolutely trust guaranteeing your safety and at that meeting you’ll be assassinated.
You never know where the moider will occur, but if you're around the klintoons you know it will happen.
Punditshave even coined a word for it; Arkancide.
Just like peace with Islamists, or with Dhimmirats in general,
peace with Hillary will only be achieved when you give her her way.
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