Obama, Clinton Near Deal On Roll Call Vote

Democratic Officials Say Wednesday Night's Vote May Be Cut Off When Clinton Calls For Unanimous Backing Of Obama

(CBS/AP)  Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are working on a deal to give her some votes in the roll call for the Democratic presidential nomination, but quickly end the divided balloting in unanimous consent for Obama.

Democratic officials involved in the negotiations said Monday the idea is that at the start of the state-by-state vote for the presidential nomination Wednesday night, delegates would cast their votes for Clinton or Obama.

But the voting would be cut off after a couple of states, the officials said, perhaps ending with New York, when Clinton herself would call for unanimous backing for Obama from the convention floor. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity while the deal was being finalized.

Clinton said she has told her delegates she will vote for Obama, but she would not instruct them how to vote.

Many of those delegates, she told reporters Monday, will likely vote for him. Others, she said, "feel an obligation to the people who sent them here that they were elected to represent."

Clinton said part of her job at the convention will be letting those delegates know "that however they decide to vote, we will all be united behind Senator Obama."

"There is no doubt in anyone's mind that this is Barack Obama's convention," she said, adding that it is only natural for there to be some lingering issues to resolve after a tough primary.

"It would have been the same way if I had won and Barack was here supporting the unity of the party," she said. "This was a hard-fought campaign and there was a lot of intensity and passion associated with it, in part because of the historic nature of our two candidacies."

Clinton gives a prime-time convention speech Tuesday night, and the following day will gather her delegates together and publicly release them and urge them to support Obama.

Clinton herself preached unity on Monday in her first appearance at the Democratic National Convention.

Her first stop in Denver was a breakfast meeting for New York Democrats, where supporters waved signs declaring that "Hillary Made History."

Clinton was quick to put Republican John McCain in her sights, saying the GOP nominee was running ads using her words to try to divide the Democrats.

Clinton's response: "I'm Hillary Clinton, and I do not approve that message."

Clinton tried to acknowledge the hard feelings of the primary season while encouraging everyone to move past them.

"We were not all on the same side as Democrats, but we are now," she said. "We are united and we are together and we are determined."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is chairwoman of the convention, acknowledged Monday that Democrats are not yet united following the bitter primary fight, especially among women. She said a "gender gap" in Obama's favor had emerged "even before the convention, and even before the complete reconciliation that we need," she said.

"But to stay wallowing in all of this is not productive," she said. "So we can talk about this forever, or we can talk about how we're going to take our message to the American people, to women all across America, to see the distinctions" between Obama and Republican candidate John McCain.

"Clinton herself has suggested that the party needs a 'cathartic' moment to cleanse any remaining bad blood between the two camps," writes CBSNews.com senior political editor Vaughn Ververs. "If the Obama can come out of Denver with even a little more enthusiasm from Clinton supporters, it will be a victory." (Read more from Ververs on key things to look for during the convention in Horserace)

[ragnar30066]

This is a cute lead in "Democratic Officials Say Wednesday Night''s Vote May Be Cut Off."

That makes sense. Venezuela shut down all the television stations when they wouldn''t stop airing "unapproved" content. And the party of "freedom of speech" only wants it for themselves; nobody else.

[trrrorislam3]

HAHAHA IS HUSSEIN BEING PROPHETIC,,,

WHEN HE INTRODUCES BIDEN AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT,,, lol

hahaha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBMoi3JaWiA

[smiley676]

Why doesnt CBS allow the word "c-r-a-p"?


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Posted by iuphockey12

I have asked the same question myself. There doesn''t seem to be an answer. CBS allows some words that I find quite offensive, but for some reason c.r.a.p. is blocked.

[smiley676]

So, the democratic process has been thrown out the window and it is now about negoatiation.

[credibility2]

So then, let them vote. Stop the muzzling Howard and DNC puppets. Clinton should be encouraged to say whatever she wants to say, but the delegates should also be accorded the same due respect and opportunity. This sure makes the democratic process flawed.

[trrrorislam3]

VOTE GOP,,, BLOCK AMNESTY,,,

ummmm it is the DEMONIC-RATS that want to grant amnesty to illegals,,, including HUSSEIN,,,

HUSSEINs solution for illegals is to grant them amnesty and have americans learn SPANISH,,,

words out of his own mouth,,,

Barack Obama: Your Children Should Learn To Speak Spanish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZprtPat1Vk

Obama to America--Learn Spanish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W7srmHLclw

[iuphockey12]

Krap! haha take that CBS!

[leftyintexas]

Why doesnt CBS allow the word "c-r-a-p"?

Posted by iuphockey12 at 11:00 AM : Aug 26, 2008

Because it''s a bad word.

[leftyintexas]

I look at the disgruntled Hillary supporters as giving comfort and aid to their supposive enemy John McCain in much the same way DUMBYA has given comfort and aid to Al Queda...through their stupidity and incompetence.

[iuphockey12]

Why doesnt CBS allow the word "c-r-a-p"?

[yeahsure69]

Nice try, but look out for the Obama Tsunami in November!!!!
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Polls would seem to indicate that the election will be very close with neither candidate garnering a majority vote.

what Tsunami are you talking about exactly?

[trrrorislam3]

Obama''s DNC Message: I''m Like You
CBSNews.com Reports: Democrats To Push Obama%u2019s Similarities With Average Americans

rightttttttttttttt

HUSSEIN puts foreigns ahead of americans,,,

how many non-muslim americans have a syrian born muslim tony rezko helping you buy a multi million dollar house???

how many non-muslim americans travelled to pakistan for spring break???

how many non-muslim americans say the muslim call to prayer is the prettiests sounds on earth at sunset???

how many americans want to have to learn spanish???

how many americans want to give tens of millions of illegals amnesty???

how many americans want open borders???

how many americans want to send one trillion of their taxpayer dollars to kenya???

how many americans want to spend their taxpayer dollars on slavery reparations when they already paid via the civil war with their blood???

hmmmmm manchurian candidate maybe,,, hmmmm

[jenny1233-2009]

How does it feel to side with red-neck mentality ?





How does it feel to be on the side of anti-abortion and know that your Republican president had the chance to change the laws in the first four years of his administration, before the Democrats took over
Congress and the Senate ?

How does it feel to pay for four dollar gas ?

How does it feel to support a war with the lives of our young men that did not need to be fought ?

How does it feel to now vote For John Mc Cain when we have it from his own lips that he voted 90% of the time with George Bush ? I assume he was voting with his heart and best judgment.

[max0010]

Some %u201Cmedia%u201D are beginning to print the truth

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_584829.html
Editors rebuke Obama for the late revision of campaign finance documents that show extensive connections to ACORN. You know the group that faces criminal charges in connection to voter fraud in many areas of this country.

[kittykatty2]

crater7---what on earth have you been smoking???? you''re absolutely delusional.

[mbcsmith]

But the voting would be cut off after a couple of states, the officials said, perhaps ending with New York, when Clinton herself would call for unanimous backing for Obama from the convention floor. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity while the deal was being finalized.





Well, looks like the LIBS will do another BACK ROOM DEAL and disenfranchise tens of millions of LIB voters.

Democracy as the LIBS see it.

[midvale3]

Who knows, McCain may choose either Condy Rice or Colin Powell to exacerbate the division among Democrats. I hope it does not come to that.


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Posted by gangesdak at 07:33 AM : Aug 26, 2008


The Repugs having a Minority as the VP for a 71 year old in marginal health. Yeah, that will happen.

[midvale3]

I got a news flash for ya: It ain''''t gonna happen. Most of the Hillary supporters I''''ve personally spoken with have told me they plan to vote for McCain over Obama. And it''''s not a white-black issue; they just don''''t believe or trust that Obama would be a good president.


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Posted by F_Ucbs at 02:52 AM : Aug 26, 2008

If they are going to vote for the Republican representative over the Democratic representative then they truely weren''t trying to correct the problems created the last 8 years and should switch to the Republican party. This "your not picking me so I''m taking my ball and going home" is 3rd grade cr@p and if they are truly that stupid, they deserve another 4 years of Republican control.

[imprisonkarl]

crater7 --

Interesting nic, btw -- does it reflect the number of craters you have in your head?

Look, Hillary''s own STAFF told her it was time to stick a fork in it -- it ended -- OK?

You''re either very slooooooowwwwwwww and have a looonnngggg learning curve, or you''re a devotee of Rush Windbagbaugh and are trying to do what Rethuglicans and right-wingers have always had to revert to when they can''t find enuf buyers for the crappy message they''re swilling: lie, cheat, and steal to win the election.

Nice try, but look out for the Obama Tsunami in November!!!!

[gangesdak]

Who knows, McCain may choose either Condy Rice or Colin Powell to exacerbate the division among Democrats. I hope it does not come to that.