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Clinton At The DNC: "This Is Barack
Obama's Convention;" Hilary And
Nominee Finalize Roll Call Deal |
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August 25, 2008 DENVER —
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama agreed
Monday to limit a divisive roll call for
president, giving delegates a brief but
historic choice between a black man and white
woman.
The deal would allow some
states to cast votes for both Obama and
Clinton before ending the roll call in
acclamation for the Illinois senator. Clinton
herself may cut off the vote and recommend
unanimous nomination of Obama, according to
Democratic officials involved in the
negotiations. They discussed the deal on
condition of anonymity while details were
being finalized.
Some Clinton delegates said
they were not interested in a compromise,
raising the prospect of floor demonstrations
that would underscore the split between Obama
and Clinton Democrats.
"I don't care what she says,"
said Mary Boergers, a Maryland delegate who
wants to cast a vote for Clinton.
As part of the deal, Obama and
Clinton activists teamed up and circulated
three petitions on the convention floor Monday
night _ supporting Clinton, Obama and vice
presidential candidate Joe Biden. Each needed
300 signatures to be nominated.
The dealmaking indicates the
divided nature of the party: Obama does not
have full control over a convention that
includes many delegates who are enthusiastic
Clinton supporters. But both senators have an
incentive to help make peace between their
opposing sides _ Obama so he'll have their
backing in November and Clinton so she'll be
well positioned for a future run.
Clinton herself said she
wouldn't tell her backers how to vote, but she
told them she would cast her own vote for
Obama. "We were not all on the same side as
Democrats, but we are now," she said.
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the
eldest child of the late Robert F. Kennedy and
a former lieutenant governor of Maryland, said
the animosity that some Clinton delegates feel
toward Obama "is getting worse."
Townsend, a Maryland delegate,
was a strong Clinton supporter but now is
fully behind Obama. She said she partly
understands why some of her colleagues have
not joined her yet.
"There's a moment that you
want to enjoy your bitterness," she said.
Clinton advisers have been
holding talks almost every day on the question
of how to handle the roll call, and they were
still struggling to solve the mechanics of
honoring Clinton without getting bogged down
in time-consuming counting.
Obama said he isn't involved
in negotiations over the roll call and is
letting campaign manager David Plouffe work
out the details with the Clinton team.
As part of the compromise in
the works for weeks, the New York senator will
be the headliner Tuesday night. Her husband,
former President Clinton, will speak Wednesday
_ part of her request that he be on a separate
night, negotiators said.
An official familiar with
conversations between the Obama and Clinton
camps said Hillary Clinton fully realizes it
would hurt her politically to be seen as
anything other than 100 percent behind Obama.
Bill Clinton "is not as far along" in
reconciling himself to his wife's loss, said
the source, who would speak only on condition
of anonymity because private conversations
were involved.
However, the former president
is eager to draw sharp distinctions between
the policies and visions of Obama and McCain.
Clinton is in discussions with Obama aides
over how broad the speech should be, the
source said.
It was not clear whether there
would be floor demonstrations for Clinton
after her name was placed in nomination, a
spectacle that could detract from Obama's
political coronation.
The animosity in Denver is not
just on the Clinton side. Susan Castner, a
Clinton delegate from Portland, Ore., said six
people insulted her as she walked alone down
the street Saturday night wearing a Clinton
T-shirt, telling her to take it off and
calling her a profanity.
"I know this is not coming
from Barack Obama, but his supporters are
helping us decide who to vote for" in
November, Castner said. "I hate the feeling
that you shouldn't wear your Hillary gear
unless there are two or three of you
together."
The split pales in comparison
to past political convention battles like the
1980 fight between Jimmy Carter and Ted
Kennedy. President Carter beat him in the
primaries, but Kennedy supporters tried to
take away the nomination at the New York
convention. Kennedy didn't have the votes for
the nomination, and at the convention finale
he shunned the hugs and clasped hands that are
customary at adjournment.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
who is chairwoman of the convention, said the
party must move past their primary divisions,
but there should be a full roll call vote.
"I can't imagine not going
into a convention and hearing 'Alabama!' and
the whole world looking up to see what comes
next," she said. "But as typical of these roll
calls, at a certain point, somebody has the
votes and the protocol and graciousness come
through and that will have its own dynamic." |
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