On 5/18/08, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/17/
> AR2008051702425.html>
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> Rival Camps Plan Inevitable Merger
> Clinton, Obama Supporters Discuss Combined Effort to Win in November
> By Matthew Mosk and Chris Cillizza
> Washington Post Staff Writers
> Sunday, May 18, 2008; A01
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> Top fundraisers for Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama
> have begun private talks aimed at merging the two candidates' teams,
> not waiting for the Democratic nominating process to end before they
> start preparations for a hard-fought fall campaign.
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> Despite Obama's apparently insurmountable lead in delegates needed to
> claim the nomination, aides to both candidates are resigned to the
> idea that the Democratic contest will continue at least through June
> 3, when Montana and South Dakota will cast the final votes of the
> primary season.
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> But in small gatherings around Washington and in planning sessions
> for party unity events in New York and Boston in coming weeks,
> fundraisers and surrogates from both camps are discussing how they
> can put aside the vitriol of the past 18 months and move forward to
> ensure that the eventual nominee has the resources to defeat Sen.
> John McCain (R-Ariz.) in November.
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