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Clinton and Obama look to unite party
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sought to heal the wounds of their bruising nominating battle on Tuesday and unite the Democratic party behind Obama's bid to seize the White House from President George W. Bush's Republicans.
- Reuters
- Published: 23:43 August 26, 2008
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Denver: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sought to heal the wounds of their bruising nominating battle on Tuesday and unite the Democratic party behind Obama's bid to seize the White House from President George W. Bush's Republicans.
Clinton will give a speech meant to lift a shadow over this week's convention that will crown Obama, 47, a first-term Illinois senator, as the party's presidential candidate in the November 4 election battle against Republican John McCain.
The Democratic National convention's second day was to focus on economic themes and begin to lay out Obama's proposals to aid lower- and middle-class voters suffering in a faltering U.S. economy, which polls show is the top issue in the final months of Bush's term.
Many of Clinton's backers have still not swung behind Obama and her speech will be watched closely for her level of enthusiasm. Both sides predicted a happy, united Democratic party after Obama's acceptance speech on Thursday.
"She's going to thank her supporters and then, most importantly, she is going to tell her supporters we all have to come together to support Barack Obama," Terry McAuliffe, chairman of Clinton's campaign, said on CNN.
"She is going to fire 'em up and she is going to draw some distinctions too, and she is going to talk about what John McCain will mean for this country and how we can't allow him to be president," he said. "She knows what she has to do tonight. She is going to do it."
Obama has tried to ease the lingering tension by giving Clinton, a New York senator, and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, major roles at the convention. Bill Clinton will address the Democrats on Wednesday.
Hillary Clinton, 60, who is expected to free her delegates to back Obama on Wednesday, will be formally nominated although a roll call vote by state could be cut short and Obama nominated by acclamation under a deal negotiated by the two camps.
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