“These are people who believe in this stuff more than Barack himself does,” said a Democrat close to Obama’s campaign. “These guys didn’t put together a campaign in order to turn the government over to the Clintons.”…

One person who apparently has shown no ambivalence: Obama. “It’s not like he hedged his bets in conversation with her,” said a person involved in the process. While both sides say the situation remains fluid, this person said Obama was quite direct: “He offered her the job.”