The secret meeting
Posted: Friday, June 06, 2008 9:24 AM by Mark Murray
The New York Times: “The meeting between the two former rivals in Washington was initiated by Mrs. Clinton after Mr. Obama spent the day in Virginia, a state symbolic of his efforts to expand the Democratic reach. The senators instructed their aides not to disclose details of the meeting. They issued an unusual joint statement late Thursday, saying, ‘Senator Clinton and Senator Obama met tonight and had a productive discussion about the important work that needs to be done to succeed in November.’”
The Washington Post says the meeting “was seen as a reconciliation gesture to the senator from New York and her millions of disappointed supporters.”
Another New York Times piece: “It was a political scavenger hunt like this capital had seldom seen before — at least in the current frenzied climate — where the two rivals huddled at an undisclosed location. Only hours earlier, she sought to cool speculation that she was clamoring to be his running mate, but suddenly the city’s media was awash in rumor as word spread of their meeting. The evening began in routine fashion, with Mr. Obama holding a large rally in northern Virginia. Then, he was scheduled to travel by motorcade to Dulles International Airport and fly to Chicago. The motorcade arrived, but Mr. Obama did not, stirring alarm among reporters who had been aboard the campaign plane for 45 minutes as it sat on the tarmac.”
The New York Daily News' lead to the Clinton-Obama meeting last night: "Obama ditched his press entourage and slipped into Washington Thursday night for a mission of delicate diplomacy - a secret rendezvous with Hillary Clinton."
