Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama voted opposite ways Wednesday on the milestone government surveillance bill — then flew together to New York for fundraising. Clinton told a $31,300-per-head room in a Manhattan hotel how tough it is for Democrats to win the White House, having done so just three times in the past 10 elections.
“I happen to know very well the person who won two of those elections,” she said. To this, Clinton fundraiser Robert Zimmerman, the Democratic National Committee member from Nassau, in photo at right, adds: “Long Island has emerged as the largest swing suburban region in the city, its fundraising prowess a critical factor in recent presidential elections.” Zimmerman was in on a smaller, closed-door conference between Obama and top fundraisers earlier in the day.
Dan Janison