Aug 27 2008
Hillary Clinton backs Obama, calls to unite!
Giving an end to the duel war, the former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has declared her rival Barack Obama as her candidate for US Presidency. She appealed for unity in her much-anticipated speech to the Democratic convention.
“Barack Obama is my candidate. And he must be our president,” she said to 15,000 delegates at the Democratic National Convention supporting her opponent in the hard-fought and bitter contest.
“This is a fight for the future. And it is a fight we must win together,” she said as a raucous crowd in the 18,000 capacity arena chanted “Hillary” and held up white signs bearing a stylized version of her signature.
In an appeal to join America’s first black Presidential nominee, Clinton said, “Whether you voted for me, or voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose. We are on the same team, and none of us can sit on the sidelines.”
“No way, no how, no McCain,” she said, referring to Republican White House candidate John McCain.
The New York Senator’s speech was the first of a one-two punch from the Clintons — former President Bill Clinton will address the convention on Wednesday — after fighting a barely disguised feud with the Obama campaign.
The first woman Presidential nominee in US history praised on Senator Joseph Biden as Senator Obama’s running mate. She said Senator Obama was a strong leader and a good man who understood economic stresses at home and challenges abroad.
Hillary Clinton’s 18 million Primary voters are vital to Obama, as his White House race with McCain has tightened to a dead heat, and the rivals are slugging out a desperate battle for swing states like Ohio.
