Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton held a unity rally in New York to raise money to pay off Hillary's debt. The only problem, as the Los Angeles Times reports, is that Obama "forgot the fund part," and nearly ran off stage before remembering that he needs to raise funds for Hillary:
At Real Clear Politics, Tom Bevan calls this a "flub of the day": "Barack Obama exiting the stage at a NY fund raiser last night before belatedly remembering to implore the crowd of donors to give money to retire Hillary Clinton's debt. D'oh!"
Newsweek's Andrew Romano says, "Obama's forgetfulness was, of course, unfortunate. What it actually exposed--a subconscious resentment? a disinterested passivity? absolutely nothing?--is ultimately unknowable." Whether or not it was intentional, he was quite rude to Hillary. Hot Air's Ed Morrissey remarks, "Obama certainly doesn't appear to feel the love, at least not for Hillary. At an event designed to bring her and her supporters back into the fold, Obama treats her as an afterthought." Curt at Flopping Aces adds, "Hillary is already humiliated by losing this race, being in debt to her eyeballs, and then asking Obama to help get her out of debt and what does Obama do? He pretty much forgets she exists."
Did this unity rally help the party? At Ace of Spades, Drew M. says, "I'm going to guess this isn't exactly helping heal the rift in the Democratic Party." And The Gateway Pundit notes, "Evidently, Obama's pleading did not persuade those in attendance. The room was littered with donation envelopes after the event." Oops.
