Obama Mines Hollywood Gold, but Takes Heat From Clinton

Oh, puh-leeze!

This morning, Clinton aide Howard Wolfson demanded that Obama remove Geffen from his campaign and return the money he had helped raise.

"While Sen. Obama was denouncing 'slash and burn' politics yesterday, his campaign's finance chair was viciously and personally attacking Sen. Clinton and her husband," Wolfson said.

"If Sen. Obama is indeed sincere about his repeated claims to change the tone of our politics, he should immediately denounce these remarks, remove Mr. Geffen from his campaign, and return his money," the Clinton backer said.

Wolfson added that there was no place in the Democratic Party or in politics for the kind of personal insults made by Obama's "principal fundraiser."

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Obama Mines Hollywood Gold, but Takes Heat From Clinton

Tinseltown Rolls Out Red Carpet for Obama as Clinton Camp Decries 'Vicious' Attack by Former Supporter

By JAKE TAPPER

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2892321

Feb. 21, 2007 — - At the corner of Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards Tuesday night at the posh Beverly Hilton -- the site of last month's Golden Globes -- the stars came out for another million-dollar affair honoring a thin, statuesque, idol of color.

Though Hollywood is focused on the Oscar race to air Sunday, the icon in question was presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.

Stars Shine on Obama as Clinton Longs for Rerun of Husband's Hollywood Success

Obama's presidential candidacy is thrilling Tinseltown's liberals and clearly upsetting the campaign of his chief rival for the nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., which took umbrage with comments made by one of Obama's chief Hollywood fundraisers, media mogul David Geffen.

Only hours after Obama had boarded a plane for Iowa, comments that Geffen made to The New York Times slamming Clinton prompted her camp's ire.