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Before nation’s top Democrats, Clinton sends Biden a message
KEN THOMAS rebuild the party from the Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton, to a failure to capture
LISA LERER ground up. addresses the summer meeting of the Democratic National enough backing from the
Associated Press “We are building some- Committee, Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, in Minneapolis. party’s important super
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hill- thing that will last long delegates — the party and
ary Rodham Clinton’s 2016 after next November,” (AP Photo/Jim Mone) elected officials who are
presidential campaign is Clinton told party officials empowered to select the
sending a message to Vice gathered in a Minneapolis Donors who have publicly vate conversations. Even presidential nominee at
President Joe Biden about ballroom. “Other candi- expressed support for a Clinton herself has made a the Democratic national
his potential presidential dates may be fighting for a Biden run have later been few calls, they said, to ex- convention, regardless of
campaign: This won’t be particular ideology, but I’m contacted by the Clinton press her disappointment what happens in the 2016
easy. fighting for you and your team, according to fund- in the defector. primaries.
Clinton and her team families.” raisers and Democratic Clinton said the over-arch- “We are working really
speak warmly of Biden The speech came after her strategists who spoke on ing strategy was based hard to lock in as many
in public, but they have team rolled out a string of condition of anonymity on the lessons she learned supporters as possible,”
taken steps to make clear high-profile endorsements because they were not au- from her last run, attribut- Clinton told reporters on
how they’ve taken control in early voting states and thorized to discuss the pri- ing her 2008 primary loss Friday. “This is really about
of the party’s establish- scheduled an onslaught how you put the numbers
ment in hopes of discour- of fundraisers across the together to secure the
aging the vice president country in the effort to ice nomination.”
from entering the race. a Biden bid before he even Clinton’s campaign has
The latest came Friday gets started. taken steps in South Caro-
in the most public of set- Behind the scenes, they’re lina, where Biden has deep
tings: the Democratic Na- pressuring donors and del- ties, to showcase her clout.
tional Committee summer egates to pledge their loy- She recently picked up the
meetings. In a speech to alty to Clinton. Her team endorsements of two for-
the party’s most commit- sent a slate of top aides to mer governors, Jim Hodges
ted activists, Clinton cast the meeting this weekend and Dick Riley, the latter
herself as its standard- armed with pledge cards who served as education
bearer and vowed to win asking party delegates to secretary during Bill Clin-
the presidential race and commit to Clinton. ton’s administration.q
Obama expects better US-Israel ties after Iran deal in place
JULIE PACE in a webcast with Jewish about long-term damage tions” that have infused the debate everybody keep in
Associated Press Americans. “And some- to the community. debate and evaluate the mind that we’re all pro-Is-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- times people get angrier The president encouraged accord based on facts. rael,” he said. “We have to
dent Barack Obama on about disagreements in skeptics of the agreement “I would suggest that in make sure that we don’t im-
Friday compared tensions families than with folks that to “overcome the emo- terms of the tone of this pugn people’s motives.”q
between the U.S. and Israel aren’t family.”
over the Iranian nuclear If Senate Democrats can
deal to a family feud and amass 41 votes in favor of
said he expects quick im- the deal, they could block
provements in ties between passage of the disapprov-
the longtime allies once the al resolution. Obama has
accord is implemented. vowed to veto the resolu-
The president’s comments tion if it passes, and Demo-
came as momentum for the crats could hold off Repub-
nuclear accord grew on lican efforts to override his
Capitol Hill, where lawmak- veto if they get 34 votes
ers will vote next month on — just four more than they
a resolution to disapprove have now.
of the deal. Democratic The looming congressional
Sen. Tom Carper became confrontation has sparked
the 30th senator to pub- a summer of intense de-
licly back the agreement, bate between support-
saying Friday that it was a ers and opponents of the
good deal for America and nuclear accord. The delib-
for allies like Israel. erations have also divided
“Like all families, sometimes Jewish Americans, with
there are going to be dis- leaders of many organiza-
agreements,” Obama said tions expressing concern
