August 7, 2008 Obama doesn't 'anticipate any problems' at DNC Play video

(NECN) - Senator Barack Obama told reporters aboard a plane back home to Chicago that his campaign is still "working out the mechanics" of the Democratic National Convention, but that he does not "anticipate any problems."

The Democratic presidential candidate said his former opponent, Senator Hillary Clinton, is campaigning for him this week in Nevada and Florida. "We're gonna have a terrific convention," said Obama.

Obama clinched the nomination after a sometimes bitter primary contest with Clinton. Amid reports that some Clinton backers hope to raise her profile at the convention or even continue to push her candidacy, Clinton and Obama are publicly trying to ease the strained relations that exist between some of their supporters.

Clinton has not said whether she will seek a formal vote on her bid for the nomination. For an online chat on her Web site, she wrote Thursday that she and Obama will ensure Democrats are "fully unified" going into the fall presidential campaign.

"The fact that Senator John McCain and Paris Hilton are engaged in a spat, I don't think is of prominent concern to the American people," Obama went on to say about his Republican opponent.