Posted on 09/12/2008 12:29:48 AM PDT by Schnucki
Barack Obama yesterday made a belated personal appeal to Bill Clinton for advice on how to fight back against a resurgent Republican presidential campaign. The lunchtime meeting in New York between the Democratic party's two towering figures came amid growing despair at Obama's slide in the polls in the past week. Democratic figures are openly expressing fears that he does not have a strategy to counter the rising appeal of John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin.
Although Clinton extravagantly praised Obama in his speech to the Democratic convention in Denver last month, the relationship between the two has remained strained after Obama's bitter Democratic primary campaign against Hillary Clinton earlier this year. Yesterday's meeting, which took place at the headquarters of Clinton's foundation in Harlem, was their first face-to-face encounter since the primary season ended in June. They had spoken on the phone on only two occasions since Obama won the nomination.
In an attempt to smooth the way for the meeting, Obama said he saw parallels between his own campaign and Clinton's in 1992: a relatively unknown politician fighting the Republicans against a backdrop of an ailing economy.
"I've got lunch with Bill Clinton, which I'm looking forward to," he told David Letterman on Wednesday night. "There's nobody smarter in politics and he is going to be campaigning for us over the next eight weeks, which I'm thrilled by, because the race that he ran in 92 was similar to what's taking place now."
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obama, you need Ross Perot
Even if not so it shows a high level of desperation that forced mohammed to go to the mountain.
“Clinton extended the lunch offer to Obama about a week ago - before Palin began to energise the Republican base - after waiting for months for the Democratic candidate to get in touch.”
Sure ah’ll help ya son.
Say, have ya got that race card dohickey? Kin I take a look at it. Damn, sure is a sharp little sucker. Hold still boy!
Obama is going to kiss ring and ask hillary to replace biden...
I bet this lunch is to discuss how palin put the screws on clinton’s plans too.
I wonder if Clinton suggested that ad about Mc Cain and the internet? Seems like sabotage to me as it comes across as mean and condescending to older people. Not too smart since older folks are reliable voters. Bet ol’ Bill and Hill are having a good laugh about this about now. I think Bill will give BO all kinds of advice which if he follows it will blow up in his face. Bill will then say, “I did every thing I could to help him but nothing worked, they should have picked Hillary.” BO is really stupid, why in the world would Bill Clinton want to help him when he did every thing he could to paint Bill as a racist and mess up his legacy?
Thought the same thing, too. But my caption was "I know it was you, Barack, you broke my heart...you broke my heart..."
My caption was: "Whoever comes to you with this Clinton meeting, he is the traitor.....don't forget that!"
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