Details Of Obama, Clinton Meeting Emerge

Rivals Were "Laughing" Together After Secret Gathering At Sen. Feinstein's House

(CBS/AP)  Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton met rival Barack Obama Obama face-to-face with no one else present, hours before her campaign formally announced she would endorse him Saturday at an event in Washington.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Friday the two Democratic presidential candidates arrived separately at her home for their Thursday night meeting. Feinstein said she took them to her living room, where they sat "in two comfortable chairs facing one another" and then she left the room. No one else was present during the meeting and nothing was served except water.

"There was a desire on both sides, I think, to have private meeting," Feinstein said.

The two candidates emerged laughing from their hour-long meeting.

The California senator had gone upstairs to do her own work when the meeting began at 9 p.m. EDT.

"They called me when it was over," Feinstein said. "I came down and said, `Good night everybody, I hope you had a good meeting.' They were laughing, and that was it."

On Friday, Clinton's campaign said she would deliver her formal endorsement of Obama at a noon gathering at the National Building Museum and urge Democrats to unite behind his candidacy. Obama clinched the nomination Tuesday after primaries in Montana and South Dakota.

Clinton and Obama went to great lengths to keep their meeting a secret from the media beforehand.

After a campaign rally in Bristow, Virginia, the traveling press corps following the Obama campaign was whisked away to Dulles Airport outside of Washington, D.C., to board a flight to Chicago, reports CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic.

According to campaign staffers, Obama had scheduled interviews with local Chicago television reporters and would meet up at the airport shortly, Gavrilovic reports. After waiting for Obama for over an hour, the situation on the plane quickly went from tiresome to alarming once the pilot informed the press that the doors had been locked and the plane was about to take off.

Click here to read Gavrilovic's full account of how the Obama press corps was duped in the "From The Road" blog.

Feinstein, who had supported Clinton throughout the primaries, told reporters the former first lady called her Thursday afternoon and asked for the use of her house.

Obama "was very gracious," Feinstein said. "He said he would go wherever, whenever Sen. Clinton wanted."

"This is a deeply personal time, too, you know," Feinstein said. "Barack is trying to put things together for a major presidential campaign. There are a lot of decompression and nerve endings that need to come together."

One of Clinton's top supporters, fellow New York Sen. Charles Schumer, said Friday that Clinton would agree to be Obama's running mate if he offered the No. 2 spot to her.

"She has said if Sen. Obama should want her to be vice president and thinks it would be best for the ticket, she will serve, she will accept that. But on the other hand, if he chooses someone else she will work just as hard for the party in November," Schumer told ABC's "Good Morning America."

Schumer said the meeting between Clinton and Obama was not about the vice presidency.

His comments came a day after a Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson denied reports that Clinton was actively campaigning to be on the ticket.

"She is not seeking the vice presidency, and no one speaks for her but her," Wolfson said Thursday. "The choice here is Sen. Obama's and his alone."

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who had remained uncommitted throughout the primaries, endorsed Obama Friday.

Obama is "a once-in-a-generation leader who connects with the hopes and dreams of the American people and will deliver the long-overdue change that our country desperately needs," the Nevada Democrat said in a statement.

[samthetvcat]

It''s going to be fascinating to watch Hillary''s speech on Saturday because is it really clear from all these gestures whether she''s really given up hope or whether she''s just going through the motions thinking that if she plays the good sport and lets the GOPigs do her dirty work for her, Barack might be in such bad shape by August that she can swoop in for the kill?

I would think it''s the latter . . .

[mdmo1]

I was a dem but am not no more Iwon''t vote for the dem no more no more no more I don''t care ho thay get as a running mate. here is my poll

[closethippy1]

Senators Clinton and Obama met privately for a reasonable period of time after which they couldn''t answer the journalists'' questions for a moment of recuperation.

[jonesforch]

Senators Clinton and Obama met privately for a reasonable period of time after which they couldn''''t answer the journalists'''' questions for a moment of recuperation.


Posted by closethippy1


reminds me of 1968 and I was only 6 .

[sgtrds-e4]

If they had dinner I hope he brought a food tester.

[bookout2]

I wouldn''t vote for Barack Obama I don''t care if
hilliary is on the ticket with him. I will vote
for John McCain.

[samthetvcat]

---"If they had dinner I hope he brought a food tester"---
Posted by SgtRDS-E4

LOL I swear my first thought was that Barack''s Secret Service better be sure to pat Hillary down for weapons . . .

[mdmo1]

Not one of them has talk about the price of food the price gas about border not one say we to dill here All I here is razing the tax

[sgtrds-e4]

---"If they had dinner I hope he brought a food tester"---
Posted by SgtRDS-E4

LOL I swear my first thought was that Barack''''s Secret Service better be sure to pat Hillary down for weapons . . .

Posted by SamTheTVCat at 11:35 PM : Jun 05, 2008

And no steak knives allowed at the table. LOL

[shanev137]

She''s going to be his VP.

All you whiners and party abandoners need to wipe away your tears and grow a spine.

[sgtrds-e4]

She''''s going to be his VP.

All you whiners and party abandoners need to wipe away your tears and grow a spine.

Posted by shanev137 at 11:46 PM : Jun 05, 2008

I really hope not. I have little doubt that he''ll win in November with or without her on the ticket, but it will be a lot harder with her then without her. She just adds dead weight.

[shanev137]

Posted by bookout2 at 11:32 PM : Jun 05, 2008


Amazing all you people who think out of 300 million people that your personal vote is going to matter....like everything is hanging in the balance on your vote. LOL

[samthetvcat]

---"And no steak knives allowed at the table. LOL "---
Posted by SgtRDS-E4

Hopefully Barack called ahead and told Hillary he was feeling like burgers - his treat!

[shanev137]

Posted by SgtRDS-E4 at 11:48 PM : Jun 05, 2008

She will get down on her knees and grovel before him, and like a typical good man, he wont be able to say no.

[sgtrds-e4]

Hopefully Barack called ahead and told Hillary he was feeling like burgers - his treat!

Posted by SamTheTVCat at 11:49 PM : Jun 05, 2008

Oh now you''re going to make me hungry Sam. I had two Whoppers (cheese, no tomato) for lunch and I can''t run out and get more now.

Seriously I hope he can talk her into releasing her delegates to him and get on with supporting him this fall.

[nanging3]

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/removable-of-father-michael-pfleger

We can make one change and that is getting Father Pfleger removed permanently.,
Please sign and pass it on, if you have not already.
Suspending him is not enough. The whole world is watching the archbishop in
Chicago, and his handling of Pfleger.
He has allowed Pfleger to desecrate the pulpit of the catholic church, preaching
racial hatred and Black Theology. Even allowing Nation of Islam, anti-semitic
and anti-white Farrahkan to spew his hate from the catholic church pulpit.
ENOUGH !!!! Archbishop !!

www.thepetitionsite.com/1/removable-of-father-michael-pfleger

[citizenusa-2009]

Thankfully, the comments made on this blog thus far are from the brain dead (which are absolutely in the minority of our great country). Obama and Clinton will make an UNBEATABLE team. Both have the same goals - TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE. Goodnight and Goodbye to the lying, cheating, murdering republicans, and Good Riddance. Now the rest of you, time to take your meds.

[trishab4]

At cbsnews.com frontpage the following is given as head titles of diffrent articles that are presented to netsurfers. Try to click on the second line Report: Bush Misled U.S. On Iraq Intel, and see what it gives you!


Is it censorship? political pressure on CBS not to publish the article behind the headline?

Do VP Choices Matter? | | 98
Report: Bush Misled U.S. On Iraq Intel
Air Force Dealt Major Shakeup | | 316
9/11 Suspect: Artist Drew My Nose Too Big | | 93
Copycat Climber Scales NYC Building |
Should Obama Pick Clinton As Running Mate? | | 611
Accused 9/11 Plotter Wants Death Penalty | | 346
Schwarzenegger Declares Drought In Calif.
U.S., U.K. Diplomats Attacked In Zimbabwe
Continental Swings Ax, Cuts 3,000 Jobs | | 34
Manhunt After Tennessee Sheriff Killed | 33
Astronauts Spruce Up Space Station''s Lab
Error Called On Lesbians'' Ballpark Kisses | 540

[emelder]

Hillary would be fine as a VP, were it not for Bill. So ... no. Barack will chose someone more compatible with his general election strategy.

[l8c6]

If they had dinner I hope he brought a food tester.

Posted by SgtRDS-E4

I think the men who express these thoughts are more revealing in their image of women and their relationships with them than anything having to do with Hillary Clinton.

[tiredofobama]

If they had dinner I hope he brought a food tester.

Posted by SgtRDS-E4

I think the men who express these thoughts are more revealing in their image of women and their relationships with them than anything having to do with Hillary Clinton.


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Posted by l8c6 at 12:06 AM : Jun 06, 2008

I agree! They can''t find a woman dumb enough to just do what they tell them! And they take their frustrations out on here.

[tiredofobama]

Obama is on all the other networks saying he''d LOVEEEEEEEE to have Bill Clinton supporting his campaign! That he has SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much talent!

He''s spent how many months tearing down the success of Bill and Hillary Clinton''s totally successful democartic administration and now just EXPECTS their support????

This is the most arrogant SOB I''ve ever seen!

Bring on Grandpa McCain the candidate that was chosen by the people, not the republican oligarchy!

[truthspeake2]

OBAMA 2008...RIP Hillary and the GOP!

[samthetvcat]

---"I had two Whoppers (cheese, no tomato) for lunch and I can''''t run out and get more now.

Seriously I hope he can talk her into releasing her delegates to him and get on with supporting him this fall."---
Posted by SgtRDS-E4

mmm Whoppers with cheese . . . I like their breakfast sandwiches - nothing like hitting your daily fat quota first thing in the morning every once in a while! Yum yum!

I feel like maybe the danger with Hillary is that she thinks her strong showing late in the game means that the whole Rev. Wright issue makes Barack ''weaker'' . . . and while that may be SOMEWHAT true, I don''t think it means he can''t win.

Somebody needs to impress upon her that there is ZERO chance that the party will change our minds and decide on her because her negatives are just as high if not higher.

She''s not helping herself by holding on to delusions of being able to say ''I told you so'' . . .

[tiredofobama]

Men have obcessed enough about being president of the United States to have a few of them assassinated. They''ve obcessed over being president since they were children. They competed in ruthless backbiting campaigns scandalizing each other, cheating on their campaign funding and their wives, makeing cigar smoking back room deals, held terrible debates yelling at each other, then kissing each other''s behind when they hate each other, and all the while pissing on their constituents, just to get the almighty dollar!

Now a successful political woman wants to be president and she is dubbed a psycho, back stabbing b****ch by the group of bloated old bigots who got where they are by feeding their ego''s that they know what''s best for this country! And look what a mell of hess we''re in right now because of some bloated ego, manifest destiny spewing back room dealing arrogant smart a/s/s inexperienced CRACKHEAD just like Obama!

And you roboturkeys and the DNC expect me to vote for this inexperienced overbloated goofball just like BUSH because they made back room deals to get him nominated, like I OWE them my vote?

Whatta laugh!

[sgtrds-e4]

She''''s not helping herself by holding on to delusions of being able to say ''''I told you so'''' . . .

Posted by SamTheTVCat at 12:15 AM : Jun 06, 2008

That''s so true. When she made that speech Tuesday night it was like she was in a bubble. Like she really hadn''t accepted that it was over. I hope her advisers have made it clear to her that, right or wrong, if Barack loses this fall the party faithful will blame her and that she had better at least appear to be the most supportive person in the world toward him.

[samthetvcat]

---"I hope her advisers have made it clear to her that, right or wrong, if Barack loses this fall the party faithful will blame her and that she had better at least appear to be the most supportive person in the world toward him."---
Posted by SgtRDS-E4

After her good friend Congressman Charlie Rangel hd to gather a posse to basically force her to even suspend her campaign, Hillary switched gears WAY too fast - which to me demonstrates that she hasn''t really switched gears at all.

She is after all a pathological liar, so maybe for now if she''s just playing along to bide her time in the hopes of kneecapping Barack in late August, I guess all we can do is wait and see how that goes . . .

[tiredofobama]

http://hcsfjm.com/

Let''s all go join Edward Hale and put a stop to this Obama BS!

[trbundro1277]

I wouldn''''t vote for Barack Obama I don''''t care if
hilliary is on the ticket with him. I will vote
for John McCain.

Posted by bookout2 at 11:32 PM : Jun 05, 2008
** How dumb are you? Why would you vote for Amnesty Juan Mccain! A vote for Juan Mccain is a vote to make Spanish the national language since Juan Mccain wants to give amnesty to over 12 million illegals!

[tiredofobama]

http://hcsfjm.com/

Let''''s all go join Edward Hale and put a stop to this Obama BS!


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Posted by TiredofObama at 12:27 AM : Jun 06, 2008

We are already 10,000 strong on this one website! There are others...

http://www.hcsct.com/

[l8c6]

President Barack Obama and Vice President Hillary Rodham Clinton

The illusive elite right wing who have been gearing up for a corporate hostile takeover of the United States will have to look for new meat and put Rush Limpbaugh and Ann Coultergeist on the shelf and find fresh new propagandist media delivery hoes.

[brianbwb-2009]

Sheriff Bart and Hedy ("That''s Hedley!) are putting their disagreements to rest, and it is best done behind closed doors. Now what they need is an honest team who are not afraid of wither, who can analyze whether Mrs. Clinton would be the best choice out there, or if another person might be preferable to voters.

Right now Mrs. Clinton has a huge number of voters behind her, but it is possible that the GOP-derthals will run against Bill, not that they have anything to go on, but they can make up any garbage and lies they want about the Clintons, and chances are enough anti-Bill-bots may march in lockstep.

Other names have been floated, from Wesley Clark to Sibelious, some serious poll taking is in order, so it would not be wise to ask for a VP candidate to be named so soon.

Even if he has already made his chice, Make the GOP-derthals wait for it, give them less time to crank up the lie machine.

[sgtrds-e4]

She is after all a pathological liar, so maybe for now if she''''s just playing along to bide her time in the hopes of kneecapping Barack in late August, I guess all we can do is wait and see how that goes . . .

Posted by SamTheTVCat at 12:23 AM : Jun 06, 2008

I hope not. It''ll be political suicide for her and a death shot at the party. I really hope she''s not that stupid. If Barack loses the White House she''ll never get elected to another office again.

[l8c6]

Hillary Clinton supporters for John McCain. Now that is just insane. You folks shouldn''t be part of any party of mature, intelligent people. You didn''t get what you wanted so you are going to destroy the world is your attitude? Geeze, that''s just pathetic. I tended to lean toward Hillary but geeze, I don''t put her or any of them on some sort of divine pedestal.

[tiredofobama]

I don%u2019t want to say that Obama didn%u2019t say anything
in his announcement, but afterward, even Jesse
Jackson was asking, %u201CWhat did he say?%u201D There was
one refreshing aspect to Obama%u2019s announcement: It
was nice to see a man call a press conference to
announce something other than he was the father of
Anna Nicole Smith%u2019s baby.
B. Hussein Obama%u2019s announcement also included
this gem: %u201CI know that I haven%u2019t spent a lot of time
learning the ways of Washington. But I%u2019ve been there
long enough to know that the ways of Washington
must change.%u201D As long as Obama insists on using
Hallmark card greetings in his speeches, he could at
least get Jesse Jackson to help him with the rhyming.
If Obama%u2019s biggest asset is his inexperience, then
if by the slightest chance he were elected and were to
run for a second term, he will have to claim he didn%u2019t
learn anything the first four years.
There was also this inspirational nugget: %u201CEach
and every time, a new generation has risen up and
done what%u2019s needed to be done. Today we are called
once more, and it is time for our generation to
answer that call.%u201D Is this guy running for president or
trying to get people to switch to a new long-distance
provider?

[omaar-101]

Posted by SgtRDS-E4: ---"If they had dinner I hope he brought a food tester"---
Posted by SgtRDS-E4

LOL I swear my first thought was that Barack''''''''s Secret Service better be sure to pat Hillary down for weapons . . .

Posted by SamTheTVCat at 11:35 PM : Jun 05, 2008

And no steak knives allowed at the table. LOL


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David Gergen warned Obama on CNN, that if he runs Hillary as his VP, he had better Hire an Official Food Tester and He Knows the Clinton`s Well !!


Obama run Sebelius or Jim Webb as your VP..

Give Hillary some Long Distance Ambassador Title, Far Far Away !!!

[sgtrds-e4]

Obama run Sebelius or Jim Webb as your VP..

Give Hillary some Long Distance Ambassador Title, Far Far Away !!!

Posted by omaar-101 at 12:42 AM : Jun 06, 2008

I like Clark or Levin for VP and would think that Hillary would be good at Health and Human Services.

[haoli25]

I guess they both had a good cry and a pillowfight.

[tiredofobama]

Obama''s not going to have Hillary Clinton has his VP, and he''s gotten together a team of hit men to do his dirty work for him like a CAPO always does to throw her offer in her face.

He thinks this is going to absolve him! ROFL!

[l8c6]

Hmm, after visiting http://www.hcsct.com, it is really true. It is no joke that the right wing attacked political correctness and smoke screened in part their barbaric acts of media rape against women. Several "news" media men and women have made outrageous comments about Hillary based on her ***, Chris Matthews among them and even Barack himself. As a male I will agree many men make a joke of their hateful subjugating commentary against women and what justice should bring to them in hell is for these bas*stards to be strung up by their eye sockets and have the sh*it pummeled out of them, their pain never quenched by death. Women who rallied against Hillary using sexist comments against her are *** loser Eva Braun hoes. Dignity and decency is in short supply in america and the right wing is guilty of creating this shortage but many calling themselves "lefties" are not far behind and sadly some are ahead.

[spinster2]

John Kerry got sixty five million votes in a losing effort. Obama and Clinton got thirty six million combined in the primary.

The fact that Obama''s supporters are more energized than anyone else''s and that he still couldn''t win the popular vote in the democratic party doesn''t bode well. The question is "will he get enough to win over a very unpopular GOP.

They are pointing at McCain/Bush to make the claim that HRC''s voters will vote Obama but if you look a bit further you can find a different result and the race wasn''t even divided by race and gender. As much as the pundits say different, there is a very real possibllity that the democrats could lose this year.

[ade127]

I personaly think that Obama should get [MICKEY MOUSE] For VP. Obama seems like a bad cartoon anyway!! And don''t forget everyone he is only [half black!] Where did the half white go to?
I will vote for [McBush], I mean Mcain, simply because there is no one else, not because I like him.

[l8c6]

What an interesting touch that this news story via CBS news is present to us by Exxon Mobile.

[spinster2]

Obama''''s not going to have Hillary Clinton has his VP, and he''''s gotten together a team of hit men to do his dirty work for him like a CAPO always does to throw her offer in her face.

He thinks this is going to absolve him! ROFL!


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Posted by TiredofObama
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I agree. Obama formed his three man panel and made it public to deflect his decision and make it look as if someone else made it but the amrican people are smart enough to see it for what it is and that includes Obama supporters.

I think he''s going to underestimate the willingness of Clinton supporters to stay home or vote McCain because it''s not just that their favorite canidate lost, it''s also laced in race and gender.

[jedi080808]

Obama''''''''s not going to have Hillary Clinton has his VP, and he''''''''s gotten together a team of hit men to do his dirty work for him like a CAPO always does to throw her offer in her face.

He thinks this is going to absolve him! ROFL!


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Posted by TiredofObama
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I agree. Obama formed his three man panel and made it public to deflect his decision and make it look as if someone else made it but the amrican people are smart enough to see it for what it is and that includes Obama supporters.

I think he''''s going to underestimate the willingness of Clinton supporters to stay home or vote McCain because it''''s not just that their favorite canidate lost, it''''s also laced in race and gender.


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Posted by Spinster2

Why would he want Hillary Clinton as VP. She brings way to much baggage, plus Obama would have to put up with Bill hitting on all the interns and he would have to wear a bullet proof vest with hillary as vp

[jedi080808]

Hillary doesn''t deserve VP. No way she gets it. She needs to go back to the senate where she belongs and spend her free time keeping tabs on Bill.

[jedi080808]

Hillary couldn''t even except defeat gracefully, she had to be forced out of the race by her supporters.

New York Post article Title

Hillary Clinton kicking and screaming as she is forced out the door.

[mommakat64]

Either Edwards or Webb...although Webb can be a bit too angry and off putting sometimes. But NEVER Hillary...he''d have wear a full suit of armor and hire a food taster. She lost me big time with her "RFK mis-speak", which Obama smooth over very nicely. as always. The Hillary supporters, if they really are her supporters and not Limpbaa''s Repugs, need to grow up and get over it...Hillary is going to take over the Senate as Leader, which is a really more powerful job than the President. For those who are going to hatefully vote for Macman, you will be cutting off Hillary''s future...The Dems lose this time, they''ll blame Bill & Hill for it for deviding the party.

[jedi080808]

Most Hillary supporters 95 percent will vote for Obama. Its not about her or him, its about the economy and the war in Iraq. After 5 months of debate most dems will come home. Except for a few crazy t-off hillary supporters who''s panties are up in a bunch.

You women need to take losing like a man!

[mommakat64]

Either Edwards or Webb...although Webb can be a bit too angry and off putting sometimes. But NEVER Hillary...he''d have wear a full suit of armor and hire a food taster. She lost me big time with her "RFK mis-speak", which Obama smooth over very nicely. as always. The Hillary supporters, if they really are her supporters and not Limpbaa''s Repugs, need to grow up and get over it...Hillary is going to take over the Senate as Leader, which is a really more powerful job than the President. For those who are going to hatefully vote for Macman, you will be cutting off Hillary''s future...The Dems lose this time, they''ll blame Bill & Hill for it for deviding the party.