{"id":15969,"date":"2008-06-23T14:10:30","date_gmt":"2008-06-23T18:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/15969.html"},"modified":"2008-06-23T14:10:30","modified_gmt":"2008-06-23T18:10:30","slug":"i-still-believe-in-a-place-called-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/i-still-believe-in-a-place-called-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"I still believe in a place called ‘Unity’"},"content":{"rendered":"

We learned last week that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton would campaign together, for the first time, on Friday, marking something of a milestone after the longest, closest nominating fight in presidential campaign history. The next question, of course, was where.<\/p>\n

Go to Michigan again? Or how about a swing state like New Mexico? Or maybe a Rust-Belt state where Clinton enjoyed strong primary support? Speculation was so rampant, the Politico ran a feature item<\/a> with possible locations for Friday’s event.<\/p>\n

Now, we know. And as it turns out, someone at the Obama campaign deserves a lot of credit for being very clever (and more than a little lucky). From a press release I received via email:<\/p>\n

Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama announced today that they will hold a “Unite for Change” Rally this Friday in Unity, New Hampshire. Both candidates received exactly 107 votes in the western New Hampshire town in the primary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let me get this straight. They found a town called “Unity” … in a swing state … where the two received exactly the same number of votes?<\/p>\n

If I’d read it in a novel, I would have found it unrealistic.<\/p>\n

Greg Sargent added<\/a>, “You can’t make this stuff up. What was the likelihood of finding a place called ‘Unity’ for a unity event — let alone one where both candidates pulled exactly the same support?”
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\nUpdate<\/i>: In case you were wondering — I was — about how else might attend, the AP added this report:<\/p>\n

Former President Clinton does not plan to appear with his wife and Obama, ceding the spotlight to the two former foes.<\/p>\n

The rally will be the day after Obama and Clinton meet privately Thursday at a Washington hotel with former Clinton donors. The former first lady will introduce Obama to her financial backers who have been slow to embrace her one-time opponent.<\/p>\n

Clinton, a New York senator, suspended her campaign for the Democratic nomination earlier this month after Obama, an Illinois senator, secured enough delegates to clinch the nomination. “I endorse him and throw my full support behind him,” she said at the time.<\/p>\n

Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee said she will make the same pitch to her supporters that they should support Obama “with everything we still need to accomplish and with the stakes as high as they are.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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