to be to win in November , '' he said in a Senate hallway Wednesday . iReport.com : Obama/Clinton -- dream team or nightmare ? Some say that putting Clinton on the ticket might fit the bill for uniting Democrats . Clinton lavished her opponent with praise Tuesday , saying he ran an `` extraordinary race '' and made politics more palatable for many . Watch how the primary played out '' Prominent Clinton backer Rep. Charles Rangel , D-New York , thinks the New York senator could have been `` far more generous '' during her speech Tuesday night after it was clear that Obama had clinched the Democratic nomination . Rangel , the senior member of the New York congressional delegation and an early supporter of Clinton 's presidential campaign , said Wednesday that Clinton should have been more clear about what her plans are . `` I would agree that after the math was in before her speech , that she could have been far more generous in terms of being more specific and saying that she wants a Democratic victory , '' Rangel said on MSNBC . `` I do n't see what they 're talking
WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sen. Hillary Clinton on Saturday will officially suspend her campaign for the presidency and `` express her support for Senator Obama and party unity , '' her campaign said Wednesday . Sen. Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that she will let her supporters and party leaders decide her course . The Clinton campaign said she will make the announcement at `` an event in Washington , D.C. , '' where she will also thank her supporters . Sen. Barack Obama and Clinton were in Washington on Wednesday to each address the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee . The candidates ran into each other at the AIPAC conference and had a brief chat , Obama spokeswoman Linda Douglass said . `` She 's an extraordinary leader of the Democratic Party and has made history alongside me over the last 16 months . I 'm very proud to have competed against her , '' Obama told the Israel lobbying group . Obama became his party 's presumptive nominee Tuesday and will be looking to unite Democrats divided by the long and contentious primary season . `` I am very confident how unified the Democratic Party is going