The rally in Unity, New Hampshire, is seen as an opportunity for party supporters to come together after the divisive primary battle. The event follows a joint dinner in Washington where Mr. Obama offered help to clear Mrs. Clinton's campaign debts. Mrs. Clinton is expected to back Mr. Obama's White House bid at the rally.
At least!!!
On Tuesday, Mr. Obama gained enough delegates to win the nomination, after the final votes of the primary season. Mrs. Clinton has still not admitted in public that she lost the contest, but on Saturday she will do so "and express her support for Senator Obama".
Mr. Obama has already announced a team to help select his running mate. Reports that Mrs. Clinton was ready to concede came after she made a conference call to senior Democrats in Congress.
At a Democratic Party event in Washington, Mrs. Clinton will also "express her support... for party unity", her communications director Howard Wolfson said. Earlier, it had been announced that the event would be held on Friday, but Mr. Wolfson said it had been delayed a day "to accommodate more of Senator Clinton's supporters who want to attend".
Hillary had the ability to have a multi-collective voters and supporters often from all sides of the American political life; the big question now is if these people are going to support Obama.
Barack Obama has declared himself "the Democratic nominee for president of the United States".
He was speaking to a cheering crowd on the last day of the primary season, as projections showed he had earned enough delegates to clinch the nomination. Of the states that voted, Montana was won by Mr Obama and South Dakota by his rival Hillary Clinton, US media say. In her own speech to supporters, Mrs Clinton refused to concede and said she would make a final decision later.
Barack might declares victory but the question remains, what Hillary will declare?
US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has apologized for remarks about Robert Kennedy's 1968 assassination as she defended her continuing nomination bid.
Senator Clinton said she had been attempting to point out that previous campaigns had also continued into June. Democrat Robert Kennedy was running for his party's presidential nomination when he was shot dead in June 1968.
A spokesman for rival Democrat hopeful Barack Obama, whose safety has been an unspoken issue, criticized the remark. Spokesman Bill Burton called the comments "unfortunate" and said they had "no place in this campaign".
You have to admit that the woman doesn’t matter how good she is or how good president she will make; she’s a ...bitch!!!
Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama may be locked in a state-by-state battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, but with no end in sight, the party's fundraisers aren't wasting any time. Fundraisers for the two candidates are discussing how to merge their war chests into a single campaign focused on taking on Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona in November. Each party eventually unifies its donor base, but what makes this move unusual is that the campaign is still hard-fought and relations are strained.
The Clinton campaign confirmed the move, saying, "We believe Hillary Clinton will be that nominee." Talk of a joint war chest comes as the two candidates prepare for an expected split decision in the primaries being held Tuesday.
About time for somebody do something about this divide and …not rule!!!
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has overtaken his rival Hillary Clinton for the first time in endorsements from super-delegates.
Four super-delegates - party and elected officials - pledged to support Mr. Obama, including two who previously supported Mrs. Clinton. Mr. Obama also has a strong lead in delegates won in state primary and caucus votes.
The Democratic super-delegates look set to decide who wins the nomination. Added to the nine who came out in support of Barack Obama on Friday, he now has 275 super-delegates to Mrs. Clinton's 271.
I’m going to say it again, time to think a united front Hillary!!!
No constituency is more eager to see a woman win the presidency than America's feminists, yet — despite Hillary Rodham Clinton's historic candidacy — the women's movement finds itself wrenchingly divided over the Democratic race as it heads toward the finish. At breakfast forums, in op-ed columns, across the blogosphere, the debate has been heartfelt and sometimes bitter. Are the activist women supporting front-runner Barack Obama betraying their gender? Are Clinton's feminist backers mired in an outdated, women's-liberation mind-set?
I think the white house needs both of them, their power combines can give better results than any other!
Mrs. Clinton beat rival Barack Obama by just two points in Indiana's primary, while he won by 14 in North Carolina. The votes were the final major Democratic primaries which help decide the party's White House candidate. Mrs. Clinton is also facing a funding crisis - she was forced to loan her campaign $6.4m last month.
It’s over and it is time for her to accept it and join Obama hopefully as the vice president for the democrats’ victory!
The Iranian government is protesting remarks from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who said the United States could "totally obliterate" Iran if it made a nuclear attack on Israel. The mullah’s run Islamic Republic News Agency said Iran sent a letter of protest, dated Wednesday, to the United Nations and the U.N. Security Council over remarks it calls "provocative, unwarranted and irresponsible." Clinton told ABC's "Good Morning America" that "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran (if it attacked Israel)."
"In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them," Clinton said. "That's a terrible thing to say, but those people who run Iran need to understand that, because that perhaps will deter them from doing something that would be reckless, foolish and tragic."
At least she didn’t lie! By the way, do the cleric dictators of Iran and their puppet president think that Obama will do any different?
He said that any relationship he had with his former pastor "has now changed" as a result of the comments. Clips of Rev Wright's fiery sermons triggered a storm of criticism when they were aired last month.
Meanwhile, Mr. Obama's rival Hillary Clinton was endorsed by North Carolina Governor Mike Easley, and Republican John McCain unveiled a healthcare plan.
Hillary Clinton says she is the best placed candidate for the Democrats to beat Republican John McCain when it comes to the US presidential elections.
She says her win over Barack Obama in the Pennsylvania primary showed she could gather a broad base of support. She cannot match him in popular votes, but the party's super-delegates could give her the nomination if they think she is more likely to beat Mr. McCain.
Mrs. Clinton says an appeal launched after Tuesday's win raised $3m (£1.5m). The internet fundraising is a much-needed boost to her debt-laden campaign - in Pennsylvania; Mr. Obama outspent her three-to-one. She has said securing more donations was the only way she could continue to compete with a rival who was outspending her "massively".
Why it all ends on how much money they got? Is something that should make us worry about it?
Senator Clinton criticized her rival's recent remark that working-class voters clung to guns and religion in difficult times, calling it "offensive". Senator Obama said the comments had been taken out of context. Both expressed confidence that either of them could beat Republican John McCain in November's election.
But both declined to confirm whether they would ask the other to be their vice-presidential running mate. Asked whether Mr. Obama could win the presidential election, Mrs. Clinton said emphatically: "Yes, yes, yes." Mr. Obama asked the same question about Mrs. Clinton's electability, responded: "Absolutely and I've said so before."
Both rivals criticized John McCain's economic plans, pledging not to raise taxes on those earning less than $200,000 a year. The candidates' 21st debate since the beginning of the campaign came days before 158 crucial delegates will be up for grabs in Pennsylvania.
The 90-minute debate in Philadelphia gave the candidates a chance to make their case to Pennsylvania's Democratic voters. But if Barack Obama had hoped this debate would concentrate on policy, he was disappointed, says the BBC's Jamie Coomarasamy in Philadelphia. The first 45 minutes focused on recent gaffes, our correspondent says.
Unfortunately people and the campaign of the Democratic Party have to live with their gaffs and this campaign looks everyday worst and tighter than the one with Gore!
On the eve of their debate before the Pennsylvania primary next week, Democrats by a 2-1 margin, 62-31 percent, now see Obama as better able to win in November -- a dramatic turn from February, when Clinton held a scant 5-point edge on this measure, and more so from last fall, when she crushed her opponents on electability.
The poll finds other pronounced problems for Clinton. Among all Americans, 58 percent now say she's not honest and not trustworthy, 16 points higher than in a precampaign poll two years ago. Obama beats her head-to-head on this attribute by a 23-point margin. The number of Americans who see Clinton unfavorably overall has risen to a record high in this polling, 54 percent -- up 14 points since January. Obama's unfavorable score has reached a new high as well, up 9 points, but to a lower 39 percent.
Tough times for the lady, but have faith, well with the Pope in USA now … you never now miracles happen and she hasn’t shown yet what she’s got under the sleeve.
The chief strategist for Hillary Clinton's campaign to become the Democratic Party's candidate for the US presidency has resigned.
Mark Penn stepped down after a row over a potential conflict of interest involving his public relations firm. Mr. Penn's company had been employed by the Colombian government to help it pursue a free-trade agreement with the US - a deal Mrs. Clinton opposes. Mrs. Clinton is vying with Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination.
They have been fighting a close battle in the continuing state primary election campaign. The latest count of pledged delegates to the party's national convention in August, according to Associated Press, puts Mr. Obama at 1,634 and Mrs. Clinton at 1,500. A total of 2,024 delegates are needed to win the Democratic nomination.
I’m wondering if it is true that the mice are the first to run out of a sinking boat!
Hillary Clinton has vowed to fight on in the contest to be the Democrats' presidential candidate, comparing herself to the film character Rocky.
Speaking in Philadelphia, where the film Rocky was set, she said: "When it comes to finishing a fight, Rocky and I have a lot in common. I never quit."
Sylvester be aware a female Rocky is coming! I have to admit that it is amazing what politicians say for a few votes, occasionally even …entertaining!
Mrs. Pelosi, a senior Democrat, told ABC News it was important to get behind one candidate if the party expected to win the White House in November. A number of supporters of Barack Obama have been calling for his rival Hillary Clinton to concede the race. Mrs. Pelosi did not say which candidate she preferred.
Another one asking the same, shouldn’t the candidates start thinking about it? Or is it a fools’ day joke?
US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has rejected calls by supporters of her rival, Barack Obama, to abandon her campaign for the Democratic nomination.
Senator Patrick Leahy, an influential Democrat and Obama supporter, had said that by remaining in the race she was helping the Republican Party. Mrs. Clinton told supporters she had no intention of abandoning the race. The New York senator is trailing Mr. Obama in the number of delegates needed to obtain the nomination.
But the latest opinion polls suggest that she is leading Mr. Obama by more than 10 points in the next major primary in Pennsylvania on 22 April. "There are some folks saying: 'Well, we ought to stop these elections'," she told a crowd at a high school in Indianapolis, Indiana.
"I didn't think we believed that in America. I thought we of all people knew how important it was to give everyone a chance to have their voices heard." Former President Bill Clinton said those calling for his wife to pull out of the race should "just relax".
Pity, she should realize that is over and she should step down and give her full support to Obama. Somehow she has to understand that this hearts more the democratic party than anything McCain could do!
US Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean has said he would like the party's presidential nominating contest decided by 1 July to avoid bitter in-fighting.
Mr. Dean told US network ABC he did not want rivalry between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to "degenerate into a big fight at the convention" in August. Mr. Obama has begun a six-day tour of Pennsylvania, which votes on 22 April.
Meanwhile the Republican contender John McCain has aired his first advert aimed at November's general election. The Arizona senator is effectively guaranteed to pick up his party's nomination to run for president at the Republican National Convention in September.
In the Democratic contest, Senator Obama is ahead of Senator Clinton in terms of the number of delegates won in the party's primary elections. But the battle for the presidential nomination seems set to continue all the way to the party's national convention in late August.
And he’s not the only one; I think everybody had enough of all the dirt thrown around. Is about time Hillary and Obama to wrap out and decide who of the them will be the next …Vice-President of the US.
Barack Obama has beaten rival Hillary Clinton to win the Democratic primary election in the state of Mississippi. Mr Obama polled strongly among African-American voters, winning 60.7% of the vote to Mrs Clinton's 37.1% with almost all of the votes counted. The result is not decisive but boosts his lead in terms of delegates at the August convention where the party will choose its White House candidate.
And nothing yet about united against the Republicans' front that starts collecting money now for the next step while the Democrats just ...spend ...spend ...spend!!!
