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  Rival Camps Plan Inevitable Merger
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Last EditedArmyDem  May 18, 2008 01:38pm
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News DateSunday, May 18, 2008 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionClinton, Obama Supporters Discuss Combined Effort to Win in November

By Matthew Mosk and Chris Cillizza
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, May 18, 2008; Page A01

Top fundraisers for Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have begun private talks aimed at merging the two candidates' teams, not waiting for the Democratic nominating process to end before they start preparations for a hard-fought fall campaign.

Despite Obama's apparently insurmountable lead in delegates needed to claim the nomination, aides to both candidates are resigned to the idea that the Democratic contest will continue at least through June 3, when Montana and South Dakota will cast the final votes of the primary season.

But in small gatherings around Washington and in planning sessions for party unity events in New York and Boston in coming weeks, fundraisers and surrogates from both camps are discussing how they can put aside the vitriol of the past 18 months and move forward to ensure that the eventual nominee has the resources to defeat Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in November.
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