Barack Obama’s gay push continues.

In addition to releasing a gay pride message yesterday, the Senator’s campaign last night organized an impromptu conference call for about 1200 Democratic supporters. While ostensibly meant to inform the Democratic candidate’s constituents, the call served another, far more important purpose: rallying Senator Hillary Clinton’s supporters.

In fact, the former contender’s name arose within seconds of the call’s commencement, when Obama's deputy campaign manager Steve Hildebrand began, “It is a very important time for our country, our party, for Senator Obama and Senator Clinton.”

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Elizabeth Birch doesn't mince words about the upcoming election. The former HRC president and Hillary Clinton supporter tells Bay Windows' Laura Kiritsy, "At this moment of history for us it’s life and death. For other people it’s a wonderful privilege but for us it’s literally our lives."

Despite her Hillary love, Birch takes aim at former president Bill Clinton, who ran our country during her HRC tenure: "[Clintonites say], ’Oh, we made such advances.’ We made no advances. We got left with ’Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ and the Defense of Marriage Act… There’s cleanup to do now and we have to move forward and get laws in place."