Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will take the next big step in unifying the Democratic Party Friday, campaigning together for the first time, Obama''s campaign announced yesterday, reports boston.com.
In a conference call with reporters, communications director Robert Gibbs declined to provide details of the joint event - such as what city it will be in - saying that the logistics are still being worked out. Thursday, the two are scheduled to appear in Washington with some of Clinton''s major financial supporters. One of the key unresolved issues is how much help Obama will give Clinton to repay the $19.5 million she owed at the end of April, including $10 million she loaned her own campaign.
The two senators went at it for nearly a year and a half before Obama clinched the nomination after the final primaries June 3, they met privately two days later, and Clinton formally conceded and endorsed him on June 7.
John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, is aggressively courting Clinton supporters, particularly women who have suggested to pollsters that they might defect from the Democratic Party to register their anger over how she was treated.
Bloomberg warns Jewish Floridians of false rumors
Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York urged Jewish voters in Florida yesterday to denounce the whisper campaign that has pushed the false rumor that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is secretly Muslim.
Bloomberg warned a Jewish group in Boca Raton that the attempt to portray Obama as a shadowy Muslim with a hidden agenda often targets Jewish voters online and with e-mails.
The deceptive campaign against Obama, who is Christian, "threatens to undo the enormous strides that Jews and Muslims have made together in this country," said Bloomberg, a Jew.
The lies are "cloaked in concern for Israel, but the real concern is about partisan politics," he said. "This is wedge politics at its worst, and we''ve got to reject it loudly, clearly, and unequivocally."
Bloomberg, a billionaire independent, had considered making his own run for the White House this year, but decided against it. He has said his endorsement and potential financial backing could still be up for grabs, and there has been occasional chatter about how he might make a good running mate for either Obama or Republican John McCain.
Obama uses patriotic seal to dress his campaign logo
Barack Obama isn''t president, at least not yet.
But his campaign logo that debuted yesterday bears strong resemblance to the presidential seal.
It is a circle of a distinguished blue hue. It features an American eagle, also clutching an olive branch in one talon and spears in the other - with the campaign''s well-known "O" on its breast instead of the presidential seal''s shield. And instead of "E Pluribus Unum" between the eagle''s wings, there''s the rough Latin translation of his "Yes We Can" slogan: "Vero Possumus."
The logo is filled out with "Obama for America" at the top, and his website address at the bottom. Asked about the similarities, Obama spokesman Bill Burton replied, "Just because it has an eagle?"
Hagel, a Republican, would consider run with Obama
OMAHA - Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska said yesterday he would consider serving as Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama''s running mate if asked, but he doesn''t expect to be on any ticket.
Hagel''s vocal criticism of the Bush administration since the 2003 invasion of Iraq has touched off speculation that if Obama, also a war opponent, were to pick a Republican, it might be Hagel. He hasn''t endorsed John McCain, whom he calls a friend, and said he has not thought about who to vote for in November.
He said that after devoting much of his life to his country - in the Senate and the Army - he would have to consider an offer.
"If it would occur, I would have to think about it," Hagel said. "I think anybody, anybody would have to consider it. Doesn''t mean you''d do it, doesn''t mean you''d accept it, could be too many gaps there, but you''d have to consider it, I mean, it''s the only thing you could do. Why wouldn''t you?"
In a conference call with reporters, communications director Robert Gibbs declined to provide details of the joint event - such as what city it will be in - saying that the logistics are still being worked out. Thursday, the two are scheduled to appear in Washington with some of Clinton''s major financial supporters. One of the key unresolved issues is how much help Obama will give Clinton to repay the $19.5 million she owed at the end of April, including $10 million she loaned her own campaign.
The two senators went at it for nearly a year and a half before Obama clinched the nomination after the final primaries June 3, they met privately two days later, and Clinton formally conceded and endorsed him on June 7.
John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, is aggressively courting Clinton supporters, particularly women who have suggested to pollsters that they might defect from the Democratic Party to register their anger over how she was treated.
Bloomberg warns Jewish Floridians of false rumors
Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York urged Jewish voters in Florida yesterday to denounce the whisper campaign that has pushed the false rumor that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is secretly Muslim.
Bloomberg warned a Jewish group in Boca Raton that the attempt to portray Obama as a shadowy Muslim with a hidden agenda often targets Jewish voters online and with e-mails.
The deceptive campaign against Obama, who is Christian, "threatens to undo the enormous strides that Jews and Muslims have made together in this country," said Bloomberg, a Jew.
The lies are "cloaked in concern for Israel, but the real concern is about partisan politics," he said. "This is wedge politics at its worst, and we''ve got to reject it loudly, clearly, and unequivocally."
Bloomberg, a billionaire independent, had considered making his own run for the White House this year, but decided against it. He has said his endorsement and potential financial backing could still be up for grabs, and there has been occasional chatter about how he might make a good running mate for either Obama or Republican John McCain.
Obama uses patriotic seal to dress his campaign logo
Barack Obama isn''t president, at least not yet.
But his campaign logo that debuted yesterday bears strong resemblance to the presidential seal.
It is a circle of a distinguished blue hue. It features an American eagle, also clutching an olive branch in one talon and spears in the other - with the campaign''s well-known "O" on its breast instead of the presidential seal''s shield. And instead of "E Pluribus Unum" between the eagle''s wings, there''s the rough Latin translation of his "Yes We Can" slogan: "Vero Possumus."
The logo is filled out with "Obama for America" at the top, and his website address at the bottom. Asked about the similarities, Obama spokesman Bill Burton replied, "Just because it has an eagle?"
Hagel, a Republican, would consider run with Obama
OMAHA - Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska said yesterday he would consider serving as Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama''s running mate if asked, but he doesn''t expect to be on any ticket.
Hagel''s vocal criticism of the Bush administration since the 2003 invasion of Iraq has touched off speculation that if Obama, also a war opponent, were to pick a Republican, it might be Hagel. He hasn''t endorsed John McCain, whom he calls a friend, and said he has not thought about who to vote for in November.
He said that after devoting much of his life to his country - in the Senate and the Army - he would have to consider an offer.
"If it would occur, I would have to think about it," Hagel said. "I think anybody, anybody would have to consider it. Doesn''t mean you''d do it, doesn''t mean you''d accept it, could be too many gaps there, but you''d have to consider it, I mean, it''s the only thing you could do. Why wouldn''t you?"
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