Acting Presidential, Obama reached out to Clinton today to discuss the tone of the race.

[TeamJordan23]

Clinton and Obama spoke on the Senate floor today.

An Obama aide said Obama had initiated the conversation, and that they's spoken about the tone of the race.

The aide said they'd agreed that their supporters had gotten out of hand, and that things needed to be tamped down a bit, but said it had been a harmonious, not accusatory, chat.

Clinton aides didn't immediately respond to questions about the converstion.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/They_meet_II.html

[AtomicKitten]

1. Obama is a statesman and a gentleman.

Sometimes I want him to hit her in the face with a shovel, but then realize he's exactly what we need in this country. Peace.

[rug]

3. "they'd agreed that their supporters had gotten out of hand"

[papau]

8. he smears, plays race card, then says they should tone it down - he's a con artist

[TeamJordan23]

9. Can you tell me how he played the race card and quotes about who called Ferraro a racist? nm

[AtomicKitten]

11. They can't. They haven't received the fax from the MotherShip.

[Abacus]

55. Good luck with that

I've been trying to get Obama quotes from them about the race card nonsense for months.

[Political Heretic]

59. I've been trying to pin them on accusations of sexism, racism, smeaing, lying and cheating for weeks

no one ever, ever, ever produces anything with quotes, references, or any sort of evidence at all - all pure personal attacks, innuendo, name calling, or red herrings.

[AtomicKitten]

70. The Clinton campaign is officially running on bullshit and hubris now.

[PVnRT]

75. SEXIST!!!!!

:sarcasm:

[papau]

73. Playing the race card" is making race the topic of the day - random "supporter" quotes are

searched for and if they can be twisted into "sensistive" words, the PR blast goes out to the media claiming the other side is playing the race card.

Over and Over again David and team do this - first to take the discussion away from Hillary's NH win - then to raise the race loyalty voting result to above 90%.

[Tellurian]

12. You got that right! When he's down, he wants Hillary to play nice...Don't DO IT!

Keep the pressure up until he breaks!

[DebJ]

22. What does Hillary is 44 mean? She is 61. n/t

[Tellurian]

41. The next president will be the 44th president.

Bush Sr. was #41, Bill Clinton was #42, Bush II is #43, and Hillary will be #44..

[DebJ]

53. Thanks.

[Tellurian]

57. Your very welcome!

I read your other post about your husband and Howard Dean at Gettysburg... nice! :hi:

[Beacool]

67. If you're going to insult her, at least get her age right.

She's 60 years old.

[ginnyinWI]

26. Remember, you are talking about two Democrats here.

Please save it until the General Election.

[Tellurian]

44. Right now the Primary is the fight not the General..

and it's the strongest and the fittest that will be the nominee. That will be Hillary.

Obama will lick his wounds and be OK.. If you've never been in a battle like this before, it's expected your first time will be a learning experience for you.

[ginnyinWI]

48. did you mean me, personally, or Obama?

It's not my first and it's certainly not his. It is his sixth race, and Hillary's third (of her own).

[Tellurian]

54. You may get the chance to experience 2 more races for Obama..

either in the Senate or for the Presidency in 2016.

[ginnyinWI]

60. oh I expect two more:

the General Election this year, and then his re-election campaign in 2012. :hi:

[Tellurian]

72. ha! Wish me Luck then...

:hi:

[DLnyc]

64. And, meanwhile, the country, and the world, will be trampled into a festering

mudpit and left to seep slowly down the sewers of history. Oh, isn't war a marvelous thing?

[UALRBSofL]

42. Tellurian we had a discussion about the Hillaryis44 site

And a few folks said going to the site the ads automatically clicked for an add to make money and something about it traces back to China or Russia then to USC. I'm a Clinton supporter but can you tell me anything about the site?

[Tellurian]

46. I don't know anymore about what the poster discovered than I did this morning..

I went to the site to search for the code she said was in the footer and couldn't find anything out of the ordinary. I've never heard of what she's talking about before. The information she gave us was sketchy. I don't even know if it's true. IfIhear of anything, I'll let you know.

[jlake]

18. Exactly.

[thoughtcrime1984]

69. Your act is tired. nt

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

32. Obama is a class act. Period.

[AtomicKitten]

38. He is indeed and it's really quite refreshing.

:thumbsup:

[ExtraGriz]

2. they were voting for something today

and a video showed them chatting, and looked like obama put his arm around her....

[DebJ]

28. Good listeners and caring people often put their arms around

others without even thinking about it. My husband does that. He put his arms around Howard Dean
in Gettysburg and when I asked him about that later, he didn't even realize nor recall that he had
done so. (And my husband is 6'7", it was quite a sight!)
Just a natural warmth.

[Rene]

4. what a bunch of crap

I am more on Hillary's side of this contest than ever before.

Go finish your kool-aid sippy cup.

[anonymous171]

7. Thankyou for your ageism.

[better tomorrow]

13. it did happen....

but do you want my tinfoil hat? I've outgrown it as my brain grew while I learned all those things about the Clintons.....

[DURHAM D]

5. Stage craft. Who cares. eom

[bhikkhu]

66. A sad age, when civility and deceit are believed equivalent.

[ruggerson]

6. You do realize

that when they're talking about supporters who have gotten out of hand, they're talking about many of you. Right here at DU.

[Umbram]

14. Having read some of your posts

I would suggest you change it to "many of US."

I include myself in the group of crazies. Now, why don't you?

Unless I'm getting you confused with someone else...that's possible. *ponders*

[ruggerson]

21. Show me where I've trashed Obama personally or used childish names to characterize his supporters

or talked about a "cult" or....

I've been very vocal about some issues where I think Obama has been disingenuous or wrong.

Issues.

[Umbram]

35. I'll retract my previous post.

"A strange psychological phenomenon, wherein various teenagers and irascibly immature gangs of message board congregators demean and castigate a candidate with such childishness and irrational vindictiveness, that it drives otherwise ambivalent, rational people to take a hard look at the contender and warm up to her."

That's the best I could come up with, and that's damn true and reasonable. It's actually my thoughts EXACTLY, except by some quirk of fate I felt that way about Hillary supporters and not Obama supporters.

Personally, I'm willing to admit that preferring either of these candidates is a flip of a damn coin. I guess our coins just landed on opposite sides.

[ruggerson]

50. I don't even remember writing that

but I agree with it :)

[Umbram]

58. Well, I drink to it in any case.

:toast:

*cough*Clinton's worst supporters*cough*are still more*cough*obnoxious*cough*than Obama's.*cough*

Sorry, something in my throat!

[ruggerson]

63. lol

:toast:

[juajen]

51. Are you talking about me rugs? I thought my names were very creative,

and added a lot to the discourse; let's see, "Glitterbama or glitterbabies" and "Pollybama" and "pollybabies" and, gee I know there were some more, but I can't remember what they were. When I was inspired, I was inspired. In my defense, I got sick and tired of the names they were calling Hillary. I'm proud.

[JimGinPA]

15. "Many Of YOU"?

Sorry, the irony is justtoo much.

[AX10]

16. Yes, you!

:D

[ruggerson]

25. yeah, many of you

have you used idiotic names to refer to Hillary supporters? If so, then yes, you.

[Forkboy]

19. And many of you as well.

Funny how that works, isn't it?

[ruggerson]

27. Did I restrict it to Obama supporters?

:)

[Forkboy]

29. No, and I hope I don't come across as thinking it's just Hillary supporters.

I have no use for either camp, to be honest. I've never been less enthused to vote in my life.

[ruggerson]

33. the funny test

is to look at when an Obama supporter and a Hillary supporter post virtually the exact same OP and to see the resulting comments from both camps. This whole Yankees vs the Red Sox mentality has really fucked us up.

I amend that. It's sad, not funny.

[Forkboy]

36. Why do you hate the Red Sox?

:yoiks:

[ruggerson]

45. heh

actually I've been a Sox fan since I was a tyke. But I grew up surrounded by Yankee fanatics.

[alcibiades_mystery]

43. And you

[sueragingroz]

10. I guess he knew what was coming as well...

[Neshanic]

17. Just a little preacher problem that makes Mr. Obama want to tone it down.

[anonymous171]

23. Clinton's not going to run with it b/c it proves he's not a muslim.

[Neshanic]

39. Obama initiated it because again he needs to put out some fires.

[anonymous171]

40. Why would he initiate it?

[ginnyinWI]

That is very Presidential.

That's what leadership is all about.

[Cha]

20. Thank you, Obama, for doing that..

reaching out and attempting to have some decorum in the Democratic Primary.. just what SuperD Rep DeFazio was asking for..

DeFazio letter: Superdelegate warns Clinton, Obama to stop negative barbs


Superdelegate warns Clinton, Obama to stop negative barbs

At least one uncommitted superdelegate is tired of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama going negative on the campaign trail.

In a stern letter to both Obama and Clinton, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), warned that in recent weeks "the long term goal of beating the Republican nominee took a back seat to the short term goal of proving one's viability by tearing down the other Democratic candidate."

“We lost sight of the general election, we lost sight of the true opponent,” he said, “and if we continue to be shortsighted, I fear we will lose in November."

DeFazio didn't exactly say that he'll endorse the first candidate who makes nice in the Democratic presidential race, but believes the two Democratic senators should focus on their Republican rival, Arizona Sen. John McCain, rather than each other.

"In the end, it is the candidate who can take the fight to McCain and win that deserves my support and, most importantly, the support of the Democratic Party," DeFazio said....

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0308/Superdelega...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5067664

[ginnyinWI]

30. Obama focused on McCain today, in fact.

He made some pointed statements criticizing McCain on his changing stances for the sake of the election.
It's high time to aim some ammo at the Republican nominee. It will also be establishing himself as the Democratic nominee, which he will be.

[verelsol]

24. it's not up to the candidates. The media is begging the Gods for a race war

And they make it happen.

[DebJ]

31. Yep. They make it happen even when it did not.

[bridgit]

37. Ding! That's where the AD dollars are & welcome to du, verelsol...

the media will not shut the hell up about it, it's all about the smackdown

[bridgit]

34. That's not what I seen, he was just standing there, she walked up got his attention

shook his hand, and it looked like she was patting him on the back. He may have initiated some 'conversation', but she made it clear she was there and it all appeared collegeial...a quicker lesson for everyone here at DU :thumbsup:

[Little Star]

47. That is what I saw while watching them.

[elixir]

49. I'm glad Obama has reached out, this was overdue from his camp.

[trixie]

52. If we lose this election

because of this infighting it will be a shame. :banghead:

[RememberWellstone]

56. Thats Presidential?

How so? Is'nt that just being aware of a situation? Thats not presidential, thats just common sense.

[jillan]

61. Obama tells Hillary to play nice as the Rev Wright story was breaking all over the internets.

Good one Obama!

[TeamJordan23]

65. Yes, we will see how much play the Wright story gets outside DU and RW websites. nm

[annie1]

71. LOL. that is one smart dude, i'll give him that. slick.

[anamandujano]

62. He's hoping Clinton will help him pull his @ss out of the frying pan

on the Wright story. This, of course, after he has stood by while she was trashed relentlessly.

[anonymous171]

68. CLINTON'S THE VICTIM! boo-hoo

:sarcasm:

[From The Left]

74. Poor Barack is reaching out to a rattlesnake