While she is the darling of the Democratic party, some have noted that much of her politics seem to line up more with the ideology of the Sanders platform; and others have speculated that Warren’s recent, fiery attacks on Republican nominee Donald Trump have constituted an audition, of sorts, for Clinton’s running-mate slot.
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“It is absolutely a joy and an honour that President Obama and I over the years have gone from fierce competitors to true friends”, Clinton told Reuters in an interview. “In fact, I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office”. “I’m with her. I am fired up, and I can not wait to get out there and campaign for Hillary”.
Sanders said he and the former Secretary of State would speak soon about how to “work together” to defeat Trump. Indeed, Sanders has a rally scheduled for tonight in Washington; the final primary in the Democratic race is in the District of Columbia on Tuesday.
President Obama would like to unify the Democratic Party. A Wall Street Journal/NBC poll this week found that among voters who said they were still feeling “a lot” of effects from the 2008 Wall Street crash and the recession that followed, 56 percent favored Trump and only 26 percent favored Clinton. “It would be a win for the Democratic Party in its fight against Trump”.
In what appeared to be an attempt to gently ease Sanders toward giving up his campaign, Obama met the democratic socialist for about an hour in the White House, laughing warmly as they walked into the Oval Office.
The video was shot Tuesday and released Thursday by Clinton’s campaign. Warren, the report states, “has signaled to people close to her that she is intrigued by the possibility of being Clinton’s No. 2” but hasn’t spoken personally with Clinton or any of her representatives.
Trump assailed the endorsement on Twitter: “He wants four more years of Obama-but nobody else does!”
A Sanders aide told CNN’s Jeff Zeleny Thursday night that Sanders and Warren spoke by phone earlier in the evening after attempts to reach him in advance of her endorsement.
Clinton, however, finished with a majority of the votes and of the delegates – and a strong victory in California that helped deflate any remaining hopes that Sanders could somehow take the prize from her at the party’s convention in Philadelphia next month.
Obama gave his endorsement in a video published online.
“Donald Trump is a loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud who has never risked anything for anyone and serves nobody but himself”, she will say, according to excerpts of the speech obtained by MSNBC.
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“I’ve been proud to stand with Planned Parenthood for a long time, and as president, I will always have your back”, Clinton said, repeating a promise she made when she spoke before the group in January – word-for-word.
