Hillary Camp Again Invokes Florida Recount Debacle; Obama Camp Says They're Not Encouraging Protests
One thing that had all but vanished from the campaign with Obama close to winning were the daily conference calls that Hillary and Obama advisers had been convening to push the day's spin.
But today, with Saturday's confrontation over Florida and Michigan looming, both sides held calls to lay the groundwork for making their cases this Saturday.
One thing worth noting: The campaigns' positions on the expected protests before the Rules and Bylaws Committee. On the Obama call, campaign manager David Plouffe confirmed that Obama's camp is not encouraging supporters to show up and protest, drawing an implicit contrast between the Obama and Hillary camps.
"We are not encouraging our people to gather in protest on Saturday," Plouffe said. "Obviously with the click of a mouse it would be pretty easy for us to get thousands of people there." He added that they weren't doing that "in the interest of party unity."
Meanwhile, on the Hillary call, Hillary top strategist Howard Wolfson, asked about the protests being organized by Hillary supporters, said his campaign wasn't behind them but again invoked the 2000 Florida recount debacle.
"This is not something that the campaign is organizing," Wolfson said, "but it is in fact something that people in Florida feel very strongly about. Given what happened in Florida in 2000 it's understandable that people feel very strongly."
Late Update: Audio recordings of both the Clinton and Obama calls are available after the jump.
Here's the Hillary call:
And the Obama call:
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