[The Telegraph,
U.K.]
Frankfurter Rundschau,
Germany
The Long Shadow of
the Clintons
"Even if Clinton has come to
terms with her defeat, she certainly has no intention of withdrawing. As long
as he fails to involve them, Obama will feel the shadow of the Clintons beside
him."
By Dietmar Ostermann
Translated By Thomas Albrecht and James Jacobson
August 27, 2008
Germany
- Frankfurter Rundschau - Original Article (German)
Hillary Clinton did what she had
to do for her party of U.S. Democrats: she has unmistakably gotten behind
Barack Obama. Her speech was clear, unsentimental - and shrewd. The exhortation
to her supporters - that now it's time to fight for Obama - sounded neither
bitter nor half-hearted. In Denver she has built Obama the bridge that he
needed to mend the wounded soul of a party badly torn by the long nomination
battle. And more importantly: to win over her 18 million voters for himself.
Obama's speech this evening is his first opportunity to do so.
Clinton touched on all of the
reasons that a Hillary fan should choose Obama in November: They were rivals
for power, but their programs were never far apart. With Obama as President,
they couldn't. But no one was deceived: Even if Clinton has come to terms with
her defeat, she certainly has no intention of withdrawing. As long as he fails
to involve them, Obama will feel the shadow of the Clintons beside him.
From
the home of supporters in Montana, Obama
watches Senator Clinton deliver her address at the
Democratic
National Convention, Aug. 26
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