Hillary Clinton is ramping up her efforts to help elect her primary rival Barack Obama with a new outreach effort called “Hillary Sent Me,” the Associated Press reported today.
Clinton is asking her supporters not only to open their wallets for Obama, but to also travel to battleground states on specific weekends to help Obama’s ground game. The program begins Sept. 27 in New Hampshire. That weekend Clinton will be stumping for Obama in Michigan. The New York senator has already raised $5 million for Obama, AP reported.
“Today I am asking all of you to stand up with me, to hit the road and spread the word that we must elect Barack Obama president and send a Democratic, filibuster-proof majority to Congress,” Clinton told supporters in a Friday conference call. “This is a call to action, a must-do. We all have a role. And there is not a moment to lose.”
Clinton will also transform her political Web site, www.HillPac.com into a forum for backers to find key Democratic campaign events. She said the new effort “continues the historic journey that you have made with me.” Clinton received about 18 million votes in the primary process, she also won the primaries in battleground states including New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
There has been reluctance among some Clinton supporters to rally behind Obama. This week alone, two former backers, fund-raiser Lynn Forester de Rothschild and prominent Latino supporter Miguel D. Lausell, endorsed rival John McCain.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/19/clinton-to-supporters-tell-voters-hillary-sent-me/
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