Rival Camps Plan Inevitable Merger

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/17/AR2008051702425.html

Top fundraisers for Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have begun private talks aimed at merging the two candidates' teams, not waiting for the Democratic nominating process to end before they start preparations for a hard-fought fall campaign.

Despite Obama's apparently insurmountable lead in delegates needed to claim the nomination, aides to both candidates are resigned to the idea that the Democratic contest will continue at least through June 3, when Montana and South Dakota will cast the final votes of the primary season.

But in small gatherings around Washington and in planning sessions for party unity events in New York and Boston in coming weeks, fundraisers and surrogates from both camps are discussing how they can put aside the vitriol of the past 18 months and move forward to ensure that the eventual nominee has the resources to defeat Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in November.

Mark Aronchick, a Philadelphia lawyer who has raised more than $1 million for Clinton's bid, said that while her supporters have not given up on their candidate, they recognize the need to start preparing for the general election.

:rofl:

Imagine when we finally combine the forces of 1.5 million small donors and the fundraising machine built by the "Hill Raiser" crew. We will be unstoppable.

Obama has a donor list of 1.5M capable of generating a $1,000,000,000 for Democrats. The Clinton campaign is $30,000,000 in DEBT. Why would anybody want to COMBINE those campaigns? The Clinton campaign was inept and there was never much of a team on the ground, hence little worth combining.

Certainly planning for some unity events is a good thing, but I'm not sure you need a big committee for that.

The Obama campaign should give the Hillary fustercluck as wide a berth as is possible. Sure get the donors list (is it really that much of a difference? any surprusing names??? ) but do NOT let them inside your operation.

They couldn't run an effective street crossing.

They were up against the undisputed money-raising champion of the world.

We need those Clinton fundraisers for the general, period.

There will be unity.

No more of the McSame!

some of Clinton's surrogates anywhere near the Obama campaign.

as in I don't want ANY of the dumbfucks from the Clinton campaign anywhere near the Obama campaign.

I don't mean them any ill will, but they are from a different era and a completely different worldview. None of that fits what Obama is doing. There might be a secretary or intern here or there who would be a nice pick-up for the Obama campaign, but none of the decision-makers.