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Clinton: I'm With You, Obama!

Tense week for Democrats ends as Hillary reminds voters to back ex-rival

By the Associated Press

Posted Aug 8, 2008 6:00 PM CDT

(AP) – Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams—and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too. "Anyone who voted for me or caucused for me has so much more in common with Sen. Obama than Sen. McCain," Clinton told her cheering audience in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson.

The Clintons' efforts on Obama's behalf may ease worries within the party that bad feelings from the long primary battle might erupt at the convention. But after weeks of private talks about exactly what the Clintons will do at the national convention, no decision has been reached on whether delegates will actually hold a roll call vote that includes her candidacy.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, in Henderson, Nev. (Jae C. Hong)

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., smiles as she campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, in Henderson, Nev. (Jae C. Hong)

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., left, signs autographs after campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, in Henderson, Nev. (Jae C. Hong)

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