Clinton Fundraisers Ready to Aid Obama, Party

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Source: USA Today

Clinton fundraisers ready to aid Obama, party
Updated 2h 23m ago |

By Fredreka Schouten, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis is one of Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton's most ardent supporters and raised more than $1 million for her campaign.
But on Tuesday, the Sacramento developer took a step she never imagined: She donated $4,600 to Barack Obama. "As hard as it is to let go of the dream, I believe that we need to beat John McCain," Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis said.

It's one sign of the growing cooperation between Clinton and Obama fundraisers now that Obama has clinched the Democratic Party nomination and is forging ahead with the general-election battle against Republican presumptive nominee John McCain.

Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe met Thursday in New York with some of Clinton's biggest fundraisers, including her national finance co-chairman Hassan Nemazee. Today, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a vocal Clinton backer who once questioned whether Obama could win his state in the fall, plans to appear at a fundraiser with the Illinois senator.

"For most Democrats, the desire to recapture the White House is the imperative," said Rendell. "There's very little difficulty in persuading people to come help Sen. Obama."

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