Now that Barack Obama has won the Democratic presidential primary,
“I want to congratulate (Obama) on securing the nomination,” U.S. Rep. Tom Udall said today in an interview. “I think he has been an extraordinary campaigner. He’s brought many new people into the process and he’ll be a strong nominee for us.”
While
“We’ve seen that play out here in
The discussion now is about whether
“I just think that’s a very personal choice for the nominee,” Udall said. “We’ve seen presidents and vice presidents in modern history have close relationships, and I would leave that to them.”
Udall said his goal is to help the party win the presidential race in November. Udall is the Democratic nominee for
“The role I really want to play at this point is to be a uniter, work with all members of the Democratic Party to see that we go into the fall united and put on a good campaign,” he said.