Jun 4, 2008 12:09 am US/Central
Obama Meets With Minnesota Supporters Of Clinton
ST. PAUL (AP) ―
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Before Tuesday night's speech, thousands were lined up outside the Xcel Energy Center waiting for hours to get a seat inside.
CBS
After Barack Obama's address at the Xcel Energy Center, some leading Minnesota supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton moved into a private meeting with the presumptive Democratic nominee.
The group included St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher and Clinton state director Buck Humphrey, the grandson of former Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
Coleman wasted no time shifting his allegiance to Obama after he had the Democratic nomination in hand.
Coleman says he hopes other Clinton supporters will quickly follow. He says he's already spent several hours on the phone urging one-time Clinton backers to unite the party. But he says it could take some time to heal the primary wounds because Clinton supporters are grieving over a tough loss.
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was an early Obama supporter. He's going with a soft sell. He says Obama supporters are telling everyone how much they want to work together, but they're not pushing them.
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