Posted on 06/21/2008 2:16:50 PM PDT by george76
A Thursday afternoon meeting between Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus grew tense and emotional for a moment -- perhaps illustrating that weeks after Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., suspended her presidential campaign, some nerves remain frayed.
Sources at the meeting said that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, a Clinton supporter, expressed the desire that Obama and his campaign would reach out the millions of women still aggrieved about what happened in the campaign and still disappointed that Clinton lost.
Obama then said, "However, I need to make a decision in the next few months as to how I manage that since I'm running against John McCain, which takes a lot of time. If women take a moment to realize that on every issue important to women, John McCain is not in their corner, that would help them get over it."
Rep. Diane Watson, D-Calif., a longtime Clinton supporter, did not like those last three words -- "Get over it." She found them dismissive, off-putting.
"Don't use that terminology," Watson told Obama.
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As Jim Geraghty said earlier this week, “All Obama statements come with an expiration date. It’s just a matter of when.”
Obama still doesn’t get YouTube, does he?
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/06/27/obama-still-doesnt-get-youtube-does-he
Bill Clinton says Barack Obama must 'kiss my ass' for his support
Paging the CBC...
Free Obama’s White Grandmother
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1977744/posts
Muslim Voters Detect a Snub From Obama
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2035392/posts
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