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Paying Hillary's debts?
Carrie Budoff Brown reports that Obama, campaigning at Luis's Taqueria in Woodburn, Ore., told reporters that he has not discussed whether to help relieve Hillary Rodham Clinton's $11 million debt if he were to get the nomination. He did not, however, close the door to such an arrangement.
"That is not a conversation we have had because our working assumption is that we are still in the middle of a race," Obama said. "I think historically after a campaign is done and you want to unify the party particularly when you have a strong opportunity you want to make sure you are putting that opponent in a strong position to work to win an election in November. So we obviously would want to have a broad-ranging discussion conversation with Sen. Clinton about how I could make her feel good about the process and have her on the team moving forward. But it is premature right now. She is still actively running and we still got business to do here in Oregon."
Obama also gave a rather muted reaction to news that, by some media outlet counts, he has overtaken the New York senator in the superdelegate lead.
"I am gratified that we got some superdelegates coming our way," he said. "Our focus has always been on pledged delegates. The Americans to vote for us ... we think that ultimately that should be the strongest measure of who is the nominee. But if superdelegates also feel we are going to be a storng candidate then I am very pleased with that."
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what do you think about these debt repayment rumors? good idea/bad idea?
Carrie Budoff Brown reports that Obama, campaigning at Luis's Taqueria in Woodburn, Ore., told reporters that he has not discussed whether to help relieve Hillary Rodham Clinton's $11 million debt if he were to get the nomination. He did not, however, close the door to such an arrangement.
"That is not a conversation we have had because our working assumption is that we are still in the middle of a race," Obama said. "I think historically after a campaign is done and you want to unify the party particularly when you have a strong opportunity you want to make sure you are putting that opponent in a strong position to work to win an election in November. So we obviously would want to have a broad-ranging discussion conversation with Sen. Clinton about how I could make her feel good about the process and have her on the team moving forward. But it is premature right now. She is still actively running and we still got business to do here in Oregon."
Obama also gave a rather muted reaction to news that, by some media outlet counts, he has overtaken the New York senator in the superdelegate lead.
"I am gratified that we got some superdelegates coming our way," he said. "Our focus has always been on pledged delegates. The Americans to vote for us ... we think that ultimately that should be the strongest measure of who is the nominee. But if superdelegates also feel we are going to be a storng candidate then I am very pleased with that."
Source.
what do you think about these debt repayment rumors? good idea/bad idea?
