Clinton financial backers coalescing around Obama ...
06.13.08 -- 6:34 AM
According to USA Today's Fredreka Schouten Clinton's financial backers seem to be rallying around Obama ...
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.
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