Clinton to Support Obama

      Clinton plans to thank supporters in person at a Washington D.C. event Saturday, her campaign said, but she got a head start in an e-mail the campaign sent early Thursday.

"I have said throughout the campaign that I would strongly support Senator Obama if he were the Democratic Party’s nominee, and I intend to deliver on that promise," the message said.

"This has been a long and hard-fought campaign, but as I have always said, my differences with Senator Obama are small compared to the differences we have with Senator McCain and the Republicans."

Read Clinton’s message to supporters (pdf)

      Senator Clinton plans on suspending her campaign instead of dropping out altogether.  Thus remaining a candidate and keeping all of her statewide and district level delegates.

      Billionaire Bob Johnson — founder of Black Entertainment Television — told CNN he plans to ask the Congressional Black Caucus to urge Obama to offer Clinton the vice-presidential slot. And Rep. Charles Rangel, D-New York, said putting Clinton on the ticket would help unify the party.

"A lot of her supporters are still broken-hearted, but if we see that her candidacy is treated with respect and that we’re going to have one ticket — the Obama/Clinton ticket — I think that would bring us together like no other political incentive," he said.