Hillary Clinton stood alongside Barack Obama at a women’s fundraising breakfast for the Obama Victory Fund. The minimum donation - $250. This after attending a $33,000/plate Manhattan dinner together the night before.

On her home turf, Clinton urged her supporters to get behind Barack Obama’s campaign. Republicans, as much as they should, she said, will not “go go gently into that good night.”  She continued, “No matter how self evident it is to us that this is the man, this is the candidate, this is the one we should be voting for, working for and making our president – there are millions of your fellow Americans who aren’t there yet, so we have to really be engaged and that’s what I’m asking you to do.” Besides, she noted, Tthe Democratic Party is a family, you know, sometimes a dysfunctional family but it’s a family.”

The former candidate shared with the mostly female crowd a backstage moment. “Barack and I were talking before we came out before about the rigors of the campaign trail, which are many…Barack said, ‘You look kind of rested.’ I said, ‘Well ‘kind of’ is the right descriptor,’ but I’m actually, if you don’t tell anybody, trying to exercise a little bit, which I’m told does wonders for a person. Because during the campaign, you I’m sure read that Barack would get up faithfully every morning and go to the gym. I would get up and have my hair done. Just one of those Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire things that are part of our lives,” she joked as the crowd laughed.

For his part, Obama admitted he “desperately” needs both Hillary and Bill Clinton to be involved in this campaign. “If we are working together and all the women in this room are working together - there is no way we’re gonna lose in November. That I’m absolutely confident of,” he said.

As he has since he announced he was the presumptive Democratic nominee on the night of the final primary, Barack Obama praised Hillary Clinton - this time with a twist. Looking out at the sea of women, Obama said, “As someone who took the same historic journey as Senator Clinton – although I didn’t do it in heels – who shared the stage with her many times over these last 16 months, I know firsthand how tough she is, how passionate she is, and how committed she is to the causes that bring us here today.”

Obama continues with Thursday’s theme and will hold a town hall in Fairfax, Virginia, this afternoon geared towards women’s economic security.

Just a few months ago Democrats were split down the middle. Team Obama v. Team Clinton. The schism was deep - and made deeper by comments Bill Clinton made on the campaign trail - gaffes, some might say - that seemed to further divide the Party.

Today - just about a month after the contest ended - the rift is no longer. So says Barack Obama.

Obama and Mrs. Clinton stood side-by-side in Unity, New Hampshire, last week and just yesterday, Mr. Clinton told Obama he would campaign with and for the presumptive Democratic nominee during a 20 minute phone call initiated by Obama. “President Clinton continues to be impressed by Sen. Obama and the campaign he has run, and looks forward to campaigning for and with him in the months to come,” a Clinton spokesman said.

At a press avail in Ohio today, Obama praised Clinton, and enthusiastically welcomed his help on the campaign trail. “He is one of the most gifted public officials of our generation and you know has been one of the most successful presidents that we’ve had in my lifetime, so I want his active involvement, his active participation,” Obama told reporters.

Obama said the two did not “belabor” what was said during the primary season, but that they both acknowledged that words may have been said that “afterwards you may end up thinking, ‘Ah, it might have been a little intemperate.’” He continued, “But that’s the nature of political campaigns. We are absolutely united in wanting to make sure that Dems succeed both in Congress and in the White House in November, and that we can move an agenda forward that’s actually going to help the people in Ohio.”

On a flight aboard the campaign jet from Raleigh to St. Louis, Obama senior advisor David Axelrod shared little details of Senator Obama’s secret meeting with Hillary Clinton last week.

According to the senior staffer, Obama was “pleased” with the rendezvous meant, in part, to help heal the rift caused by 16 months of often contentious infighting between the two Democrats. “It was a friendly meeting, it was a productive meeting and it was very clear as was reflected in her speech on Saturday that she’s doing everything she can help,” Axelrod explained.

Of their hour-long discussion, Axelrod would only reveal, “There was a lot to talk about. It was a long campaign. It was good, but I’m not going to tell you specifically what was discussed, but I mean I think it was characterized by their joint statement. It was very much about the future and it was very good,” he said, maintaining the veil of secrecy surrounding the underground meeting.

When asked if the NY Senator would be making appearances on the campaign trail on behalf of the presumptive Democratic nominee, Axelrod said, “We hope so, we expect so based on what she said publicly. But this has been an unbelievably grueling process and she deserves some time to chill out. So when she’s back in circulation, hopefully we’ll see her out there.”

Perhaps Bill Clinton will emerge on the campaign trail too, as Obama himself told reporters last week he hopes to take advantage of Clinton’s political prowess. “I think Bill Clinton is an enormous talent, and I would welcome him campaigning for me,” he said responding to a question on whether he could overcome the bad blood between the two.

Axelrod afforded the ex-president the benefit of the doubt when asked about his often volatile remarks on during the course of the primary campaign. “You know what – he was out there, he was campaigning for his wife – I think he was fighting very hard and you know you can’t begrudge him that. I think it’s different when you’re campaigning for someone that close to you,” Axelrod explained.

Perhaps more importantly, President Clinton may help advise Obama as he tries to fight his way into the Oval Office this fall. “There aren’t that many presidents of the United States. Bill Clinton was very successful, and is a very smart guy, so I think beyond the campaigning elements of it, you know he’s somebody who I think Obama would want to have a relationship with. He’s got a storehouse of knowledge that very few people have,” Axelrod said.

After his two events in Edinburg, Texas, today, Senator Barack Obama poked his head through a security curtain set up by the Secret Service to say hi to his traveling press crew, which was sitting in a press file.

“Break it up,” he said as one of his Secret Service agents also peered into the room from behind the curtain. “Words matter. Don’t listen to Hillary,” he said, referring to her recent argument that the senator is all words and no substance. He smiled and then added, “That was a joke.”

When a reporter yelled out for Obama to respond to recent McCain comments, the senator coyly claimed he hadn’t heard what McCain said before disappearing again behind the curtain.

The Democratic frontrunner has not held a media availability since his Wisconsin victory. The last time he spoke to the press was on Monday in Ohio.