Posted on 08/04/2010 7:11:58 PM PDT by kristinn
Last week found Bill Clinton in the unaccustomed position of being only the third-most-significant Clinton in the news: he trailed his wife, the secretary of state, and his daughter, whose wedding rivaled Princess Diana's in terms of a media frenzy. As a result, people may not have noticed that the father of the bride appeared at a boisterous South Boston union hall last week to endorse Democratic Representative Stephen F. Lynch and at a fundraiser for Democratic Representative Leonard Boswell of Iowa. But in Washington everything Clinton does gets noticed. Here, the marriage that counts is the political marriage between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and the jitters aren't matrimonial but electoral.
The midterm elections are just three months away. All across the country, Democratic members of Congress are bracing for tough reelection campaigns, and doing so without a valuable asset. The sky-high approval ratings that carried Barack Obama into the White House in 2008 -- and brought so many Democrats to Washington with him -- have diminished, in some places greatly.
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There are enough Democrats in need of help that Clinton and Obama could divvy them up according to loyalty and still not get to everyone. But there are also a number of close races, especially in rural conservative districts, where Clinton could make a difference and Obama probably could not.
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''As the supersurrogate for Democrats,'' said a party veteran with ties to both administrations, ''President Clinton has achieved his maximum cruising altitude on a long, occasionally turbulent, but ultimately safe and comfortable flight. President Obama is still taxiing.''
It's hardly surprising that a president stands to play a commanding role in the fall campaign. But who would have guessed it might not be Barack Obama, but Bill Clinton?
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How I long for the Clinton years
I was there. I don’t.
Good move.
Nowhere to go but up.
He makes me physically ill.
“...his daughter, whose wedding rivaled Princess Diana’s in terms of a media frenzy...”
Bill looks like he has tertiary syphilis. Sooner or later.
Wishful thinking. Lets remember his campaigning record. Close to zero helping Dims get elected. Just ask Algore. The real story here is Obummers toxicity to all who get near.
I work where he gave his South Boston speech. I’m glad I wasn’t working at the time.
BTW, Cheese Hubbell isn’t Bill’s daughter.
Post of the day
Chelsea* (cellphone autotype)
“Can Bill Clinton Save the Democrats? (’Rats Turn to Impeached, Disbarred Rapist)”
I like the headline and your subsequent comment.
“How I long for the Clinton years.”
We were going berserk here every night.
Yup I was here too
I told people we would wish for Clinton after Obama’s election. I hated it when Clinton was President but I would trade him for Obama in a second.
At least you could criticize him with out being called a racist
You cannot say that about Obama. He comes off so cold and he doesn't even try to look or act likes he cares. Clinton melted a lot of hearts with "I feel your pain." No wonder Clinton got along so well with Hollywood. He's a natural.
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