Today as news broke that Hillary Clinton would soon help to unify the Democratic Party by announcing her support for her one-time rival, the Obama camp remained silent.

“No thanks,” a senior staffer wrote when asked to respond to the news. According to two staffers, Hillary Clinton had not yet called Obama to discuss her plan (as of 7:40 pm).

When Barack Obama arrived at the first of two high dollar Manhattan fundraisers, reporters looking for comments were ignored. Instead, the presumptive Democratic nominee shook hands with supporters and well wishers.

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But the print pool reporter who covered the two fundraisers did get a question in to Obama. According to his pool report:

“Getting out of the motorcade in light drizzle, pooler asked Obama how it feels now that it appears even Hillary Clinton realizes he’s the nominee.

‘Truth is, I haven’t had time to think about it. This weekend, I’m going home, talk it over with Michele and we’re going on a date.’”

Obama is tentatively scheduled to at least sleep in Chicago tomorrow night through Sunday night.

According to the Associated Press, which has twice today sent out wires declaring Obama has clinched the nomination.

The campaign, which has been sending out emails alerting to a slew of superdelegate endorsements all day, as of this writing has estimated Obama needs just 11 more to reach the magic number - 2118 (note this number has been quickly eroding throughout the day).

According to staffers, the new presumptive nominee played basketball today with aides and friends - his primary day tradition - spent time with his family, and did the obligatory satellite interviews with South Dakota and Montana news outlets.

Per one aide, everyone feels good, “cautiously optimistic,” about marking the end of the primary phase, and are ready to begin the new chapter that will be the general election.

Tonight Obama will announce his delegate victory and heap praise on his soon to be former rival, Hillary Clinton. The Obama camp is optimistic that the party will quickly unify around Obama.

Stay tuned.