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...Praising Clinton and attacking McCain. This is what the near term will be about for Barack Obama...
...First, Clinton. Obama made little reference to the historic nature of his victory as the first African-American to win a major party nomination on Tuesday night, but he gave a passionate homage to his vanquished rival, noting the barriers she broke as a candidate and her critical advocacy for universal health care. At 11:06 p.m. EST, shortly after he left the rostrum in Minneapolis, Obama left Clinton a message congratulating her on winning South Dakota and asking her to call him back. At 12:16 a.m. she did, and offered to "sit down when it makes sense...
...thorniest issue is whether Obama will consider Clinton as a running mate. Even before she's formally suspended her campaign, Obama is under pressure from many Democrats - most prominently Clinton's own supporters - to add the former First Lady to the ticket. While such a move would likely produce a jolt of enthusiasm and unity for a party that has been divided by the contest, it is less clear that the so-called dream ticket would strengthen Obama's chances of beating McCain in November. And some of Obama's advisers looked aghast at Bill Clinton's vituperative public outburst...
...McCain, as he will all summer and fall, argued that Obama is too inexperienced to bring about change - an argument road tested for him by Hillary Clinton. Meanwhile, Obama's critique - that McCain is too much like Bush in his policies and outlook to represent real change - will be repeated to voters over the next few months as well. And it also is the argument that Obama made against Clinton throughout the primary contest...
...last time a member of the Clinton family gave a concession speech, it was 1980. The world had not yet heard the name Indiana Jones. Barack Obama was a teenager. Rookie Arkansas governor Bill Clinton, defeated for reelection, choked out the words as his wife stood grimly...