CNN~just in~ Obama & Hillary

[pkz]

just heard on CNN that "Howard Dean has signed a joint fundraising agreement between the Obama and Hillary campaigns"

hmmmmmmm.....what does THAT mean?

[msallied]

1. Holy effing crap. THAT is weird!

[movonne]

33. I think it means that it wants to raise money for the 50 state strategy...

[UndertheOcean]

2. Yes , what does that mean ?

Are they buying her support somehow ?

[DJ13]

3. A backdoor means to help pay off Clinton's debt?

[madfloridian]

20. No. To raise money for the general election.

"Washington, DC -Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean
announced today that the DNC has signed a joint fundraising agreement
with the Clinton and Obama campaigns. As part of the agreement, a new
entity, "Democratic White House Victory Fund," has been formed. The fund will allow both candidates to raise money for the Party, forming one joint fundraising committee account that will accept money for the
nominee's primary and general election and for the DNC."

[Cha]

25. Thanks, mad..facts as usual..

no more speculation is needed. :hi:

[LaurenG]

4. Whatever monies they raise they share??

Just guessing though.

[janx]

5. It might mean that Clinton is going to call it quits and get

some help with her debt. ?

[Barack_America]

15. I don't mind Obama paying her vendors, but her loan money is her loss.

Can't have small business owners saying that Dems are cheap.

But in no way do I want my money going in her pocket.

[ORDem]

29. From your fingertips to god's ear ....

[newmajority]

6. Hopefully it has something to do with that voter registration campaign

Anything else is unthinkable.

[snooper2]

7. the are both going to give speechs and host fundraisers...

for congressional races...

not earth shattering news...

[pkz]

8. that was the exact quote

no link yet

[mmonk]

9. The DNC is in a money crunch right now. In fact, DU'ers should help out.

They plan to run some good commercials in the fall.

[lojasmo]

14. Democracy bond to the rescue! EOM

[ericgtr]

10. I wonder if it's an agreement for Obama to fund rasie to pay her debt?

Wouldn't be too far out of the realm of possiblity would it?

[K Gardner]

11. It means Dean and Obama will try to help her raise funds. NOT that she is "on the ticket".

[TBF]

12. As long as it makes Hillary go away I am for it.

[Kittycat]

13. Links here:

Under, 'A Deal with Dean'
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/

[flowomo]

30. (self delete)

posted in wrong spot.

[Alia]

16. I would guess

that it's a DNC fundraising campaign that they both promote.

[madfloridian]

Here is more from earlier....a very contentious meeting.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/1970

That was where this started. Maybe they got something worked out.

Obama and Dean worked out a deal earlier. McCain has the same with the RNC

[flpoljunkie]

17. This had been in the works for some time with Hillary as the hold out.

[MaineDem]

18. DNC Release here:

Dean Announces Joint Fundraising Agreement with Clinton and Obama Campaigns

Washington, DC -Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean
announced today that the DNC has signed a joint fundraising agreement
with the Clinton and Obama campaigns. As part of the agreement, a new
entity, "Democratic White House Victory Fund," has been formed. The fund
will allow both candidates to raise money for the Party, forming one
joint fundraising committee account that will accept money for the
nominee's primary and general election and for the DNC.

"The Democratic Party is incredibly fortunate to have two strong
candidates who have generated transformational enthusiasm across the
country. We've seen historic turnout as new voters have come out to show
their support for our candidates and fundraising numbers have been
through the roof," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard
Dean. "While this is a close primary, at the end of the day both of our
candidates understand that this election is about the future of our
country. In signing this agreement, Senator Clinton and Senator Obama are
demonstrating their commitment to unifying our party and ensuring that we
have the resources needed to win the White House, no matter who the
nominee is. The message is clear. Democrats are unified to put a Democrat
back in the White House so we can get our economy back on track, bring
our troops home and finally do something about our ailing health care
system."

###

Paid for and authorized by the Democratic National Committee, www.democrats.org.
This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

[MaineDem]

19. Dupe deleted

[iamthebandfanman]

21. it means with the primary running so long

its hard to get funds ready for the GE ...

they had to do something to start raising money for the DNC and the GE if shes hell bent on keeping this going.

[mystieus]

22. Revote! Florida, Michigan

[ieoeja]

23. Didn't Hillary raise $80 million for her general election BEFORE Iowa?

She has to do something with all that money now that she won't be running in the general.

[alcibiades_mystery]

26. LOL: That money is long gone...

But it bought a helluva lot.

Oh, wait...

[ieoeja]

28. Was she allowed to switch part of that to primary?

Remember, there is a $2300 limit per donor for primary and $2300 per donor for general. Initially she didn't hit up her elite donors for a lot of primary donations since she only needed enough money for the cake walk to February 5th.

Did she move that money to her primary -- is she even allowed to -- or did she tap the elites again for the primary when she woke up February 6th?

[ShortnFiery]

24. DAMN! The Clintons get over way too easy.

:grr:

[Stagecoach]

27. I think what it means

I think what it means is they'll start raising money for whomever the nominee maybe. In other words, if you give money to this fund it'll go to the party's nominee for the general election. That way there's money in the tank while this primary battle goes on. Otherwise, if they wait until the primary battle ends, it's going to shorten the amount of time they'll have to raise money.

[flowomo]

31. first step toward a "unity" ticket....

inch by inch.

[madfloridian]

34. Not it at all.

.

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