June 29, 2008
Posted: June 29th, 2008 04:36 PM ET
From CNN's Jake Lansburgh
Bill Clinton and Barack Obama will talk soon, according to Terry McAuliffe.
(CNN) - Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe assured CNN’s Candy Crowley that former President Bill Clinton and presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama will be discussing Clinton’s role in the campaign within the next two days. “I believe that in the next 24 to 48 hours they will talk and off we will go,” McAuliffe stated on Sunday’s Late Edition. Clinton has remained behind the scenes so far during the general election. He was not present at the Democratic event in Unity, New Hampshire on Friday and has only released a one-sentence statement saying that he will do whatever he can to help the Illinois senator win the election. Many analysts have said that Clinton’s not-so-subtle absence from the campaign is because he is angry and bitter about his wife losing the nomination. McAuliffe defended the former president, saying that he has been taking time to let his wife finish up her campaign and secure her relationship with Obama. “She was the candidate, she got 18 million votes, she’s the political leader of the Clinton family now,” McAuliffe said. Obama asked to talk to President Clinton on Friday and Hillary Clinton told him, “Absolutely,” according to McAuliffe. Now that President Clinton is back from a five-nation tour during which he attended Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday party, McAuliffe predicts that they will be speaking shortly—but stressed that the attention should be on Hillary Clinton and Obama coming together. Filed under: Barack Obama Bill Clinton Hillary Clinton Popular Posts
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