He takes the funds out of fundraising

At a fundraiser Wednesday night in New York City, Barack Obama intended to ask his supporters to help pay off the campaign debt of his former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.

But there was a problem: He forgot.

The Illinois senator delivered a fairly typical stump speech. Then he thanked the crowd and walked offstage.

A minute later, he dashed back on. “Sen. Clinton still has some debt,” he said sheepishly, as the audience cracked up.

“I would be very grateful if you looked under your chair. I think there should be an envelope or a pledge sheet or something. . . . That is part of the process of making sure that we’re unified. . . . All right, turn on the music again. Let’s keep on partying.”

They did. In unity, no doubt.

-- Louise Roug