If we all pitched in (as in, all of Obama's supporters) and threw $10 at Clinton, she could at least pay off her vendors. That, I might be okay with. For the loans she gave herself, well, I think she needs to bite the bullet and call that money gone. She wanted to stay in, which is fine- it helped us build party infrastructure we couldn't have done otherwise- but it was her decision.

At this point, though, does it matter if she holds onto her delegates or not? I mean, mentally, it sounds good- she's got 1900 delegates- but it doesn't really represent anything at this point. If something occurs to make Obama not our nominee, then it won't matter anyway, will it?

I think that Obama and his supporters will be helping out, especially as the party starts to really unify. Senators Clinton and Obama both have to participate in that.

With that, here's a sign of something happening:

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_conte nt/politics/election_20082/2008_presiden tial_election/daily_presidential_trackin g_poll
Obama's bounce is primarily the result of Democrats beginning to unify behind his candidacy. For the first time all year, Obama is supported by 80% of Democrats over McCain. In recent months, his support from Democrats has typically been in the high-60's or low-70's range.

How much of a change has there been?

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows Barack Obama attracting 46% of the vote while John McCain earns 42%. When "leaners" are included, Obama now leads 48% to 45%. Leaners are survey respondents who initially do not favor either candidate but indicate their support on a follow-up question. One week ago today, McCain had the edge over Obama, 46% to 43%.

I think this is just the start!

Oh, and by the way, Mccain's support from Republicans in this poll is only marginally better (84% versus 80%), although it has been months since he clinched the nomination.

Her most voters ever can't pay off her debt? Why does she beg for money from Obama supporters? We need that money to defeat Republicans. Is it 100 million the Clinton's are worth? Where are her corporate and lobbyist friends? Where are the feminists?

but now that Hillary is an Obama surrogate officially,  I expect KOS to call off his anti-Hillary dogs.  I also expect Obama to denounce the media and defend her when they start parsing her words and attributing Machiavellian motivations.  I do not think that is too much to ask .

However, KOS is at it again.  And if this tone continues all the way to November,  don't look for Unity at all.  

Obama needs to retire Kos

As a Hillary supporter i really can't see why the Clintons would expect to get their $10m back.

They can helo each other here.  For every dollar and "primary money" Obama can help Hillary with, I'm sure she'll at least be able to help with in GE dollars.  This will more than likely be done via joint appearances with targeting money donated.

Go Dems!

Senator Clinton could turn over her GE funds to the DNC and we could then donate to her primary rather than the DNC to resolve her debt...win win situation, the DNC is funded and she is relieved or her debt..what do you think?

Does anyone know if Obama will work toward this?  cuz this is ridiculous.

If Hillary had made the last 3 months of her campaign (when it was clear that she was going to lose) about addressing policy differences then I would have welcomed her presence.  The fact that she conducted herself in the fashion that she did leads me to the moral conclusion that she (and her supporters, if they wish) should be responsible for all of the debt.  

Barack seems willing to solicit help from his rich donors.  What a classy guy.

I wonder if in their meeting she told him that the level of her support would be dependent on the amount of money he could raise for her needless, maliciously spent debt.  It wouldn't surprise me.

Obama has used donor matches where if I donate $25 another doner does the same.  Maybe we could donate like that and Hillary's maxed out donors could match our funds to Obama...in other words technically you would be donating to Obama by proxy...is this a possibility?

How do you even accrue $30m in debt?

Under federal law, a campaign can only be lent money by the candidate unless its secured by verified campaign assets: furniture and computers, anticipated matching funds, market value of the mailing list. Theres' no way a campaign could have a mailing list worth $19m (allowing for the 11m she lent herself).

The only logical explanation is that its debt owed to vendors. A lot of that would have to be PSB (Penn's firm). Why not just forgive the debt, and Hilary could forgive the debt owed to her by the campaign, rather than have Obama raise money that could otherwise go to electing Democrats.

this is just the start!