Bill Clinton predicts Obama will win 'handily'

So what. After the battering Obama's campaign has been taking, is this photo op an attempt to resurrect his image as presidential material? Lately, the election appears to be a contest between Obama and Palin, with McCain left standing above the fray, thus boosting his own image.

Obama showed poor judgment by having failied and continuing to fail to include Hillary Clinton in a power position. It could have been VP; it could have been Secretary of State.

All McCain or his surrogates have to do now is repeat the mantra: "He [Obama] snubbed a woman [Hillary]." (and imply that he (McCain) did not).

I'll wait and see. I never thought from the getgo that Bill and Hillary would pull out all the stops to get Obama elected. Maybe they will, and maybe they won't. If they do, it will be because they don't want to be Democratic Party scapegoats if Obama loses. Also, if they can help Obama win, it increases their own poliical prestige (which is always important to Clinton egos). Finally, Bill and Hillary might have just had an epiphany that letting Obama lose the election won't help them (they'll be persona non grata in a McCain/Palin administration). If they help Obama win, Bill and Hillary wii have an open invitation to the White House and Dem inner circles.

So what. After the battering Obama's campaign has been taking, is this photo op an attempt to resurrect his image as presidential material? Lately, the election appears to be a contest between Obama and Palin, with McCain left standing above the fray, thus boosting his own image.

Obama showed poor judgment by having failied and continuing to fail to include Hillary Clinton in a power position. It could have been VP; it could have been Secretary of State.

All McCain or his surrogates have to do now is repeat the mantra: "He [Obama] snubbed a woman [Hillary]." (and imply that he (McCain) did not).

Wishful thinking. McCain is anything but "above the fray." The man is in the gutter, repeating GOP cliches every chance he gets.

I give the American people and mainly the women more credit than to just vote for McCain/Palin because she is a woman. I'm sure most American women realize their right to choose and many other things will be taken away under this duo. So, Hillary please get out there and talk to your supporters and have them talk to their friends, family whoever and get them out to vote for OBAMA. America can not afford another 4 years of what we have. As you see it can't it can't afford it NOW!!! This will go down as the worst 8 years in American history of the Bush Blunders.

Obama showed poor judgment by having failied and continuing to fail to include Hillary Clinton in a power position. It could have been VP; it could have been Secretary of State.

Are you suggesting that Obama should announce his cabinet choices before he wins the election? Get real.

Are you suggesting that Obama should announce his cabinet choices before he wins the election? Get real.

Why is that such a bad idea? It would have been nice to know about Al Haig AND James Watts before they were nominated formally.

Personally, I don't think Obama needed Hillary Clinton to win this election. Also, I think Hillary wants something else like Secretary of State or Supreme Court. When all is said and done people will vote conerning the economy even if Satan was a candidate himself because it is about self-preservation now for most americans. If circumstances in our country were different then I would agree that Obama would need Clinton to win but I think he will do just fine without her.

Alicia
I am so sick of the Obama supporters that think they can go it alone. That is how Obama felt too until reality hit. Now Obama KNOWS he needs the Clintons. That is why he met Bill today in New York. I wonder if you read the Fineman article?

It ought be change for everybody, or change for nobody. Obama's go-it-alone strategy betrays his arrogance. He alienated a lot of powerful people when he snubbed Hillary Clinton, including a lot of women. He is no different than any other self-serving individual.

It would have been nice to know about Al Haig AND James Watts before they were nominated formally.

Yeah, maybe it would, but I'm not aware of any president that has announced cabinet choices before winning an election. Besides, if Obama were to do that I can imagine the uproar from the right as they crucify him for being arrogant and presumptuous.

I saw the video clip of this news event. President Clinton said he would be available to help campaign for Obama at the end of the month, AFTER he (Clinton) finishes work on his Global Initiative.

Read between the lines. Does this sound as though Obama winning the White House is Clinton's first priority?

mike-473263

How much are the repubs paying you to keep posting that sh*t ?

I am not a member of a political party. I am going to abstain from voting in November. I call it like I see it.

mike-473263,

Actually McCain is still losing. Check out the state by state polls and he's still quite behind.

From Bill Clinton's to God ears, lol. Go Bill!!!

You do remember the date don't you.

Where does this whole idea come from that Barak called himself messiah?

psimon

Who are you asking?

Yes I remember the date. I also remember an agreement that this day would not be used for campaining, but this photo-op is just another way son of goat-herder plays the system isn't it? So why doesn't he do something productive for once (other than stapling papers on phone poles), and fill some sandbags?

I thought you wanted him at the Texas gulf coast? Make up your mind.

Not over it, I see you can't follow a cognitive thought. That' explains your defense of obama, so let me make it simple for your two brain cells. It's Texas that needs the sandbags, not the sandbagging of the campain trail in NYC!

I also remember an agreement that this day would not be used for campaining,

Oh, but it was okay for Palin to be on CBS tonight giving her first interview. Hypocrisy, thy name is republican.

Palin? Palin? When did Sarah, the Governor of Alaska, lead the ticket to be President? I thought it was an agreement between obama and Senator McCain.

A chicken in every pot!
Thank you,
You made me laugh this morning,
"Calm the sees"
But honestly,
Now that we have the Jesus Obama our worries are over (or are they?)

Bor,
Well one concern I have is Jesus fed the masses with God's help and obama plans to use taxpayers. Another thing that I can't shake is what happened to Christians when they were invited into the Roman Coliseum. Will this happen to the obamanoids?

I doubt it. No matter how bitter Bill is that Hillary didn't get elected, at some point he has to swallow his ego for the good of the country, pull out all of the stops to ensure that the psychotic Straussians (neocons) don't get elected, and purposely start WWIII.

Well then vote for OBAMA and make those predictions real.

I failed my wife.

I like putting mediocre, subpar interns in the face of all Americans and letting them know that not only do I lack judgment, I lack taste and standards.

You can thank the bad ass republican congress that saved his ass starting from 94 after the housing scandals.

sunny side - if you really do your homework you'll find that bill Clinton did next to nothing for our economy he simply kicked back and enjoyed the policies that Ronald Reagan and the first bush put in place in the late eighties and early 90's many people choose to ignore that fact but its a matter of doing some serious personal investigation of the truth and not just dem' or Conservative spin. i love this country and i hope someday we have better choice than 3 career politicians running for president. and believe it or not obama is just more politics as usual too.

he simply kicked back and enjoyed the policies that Ronald Reagan and the first bush put in place in the late eighties

Still sticking to "trickle-down economics", eh?

It's actually those policies that tee'd us up for where we are now.

Brian, Reagan put us deep into debt. We enjoyed a recession during his Presidency. He championed overspending and indulgence. One of his first acts was to have the solar panels that had been put on the roof of the White House by Jimmy Carter removed. He is the most overrated President in our history. He put us deep into debt, he increased the size of government and he ignored our dependence on foreign oil. Ronald Reagan had nothing to do with the sunny days we enjoyed during the Clinton years.

douglasq-you must be another that's afraid to do some homework ,and just repeats the same old lib talking points . trickle down maybe . but at least it trickled back to the American people and not the government. but i know the truth is a very hard pill to swallow. the record will still show Reagan was the best president we've had in 40 to 50 years.and Clinton is our biggest failure.

Umm, the Reagan administration set us up for the biggest blowback in the history of our country. The CIA under Reagan armed and trained the Mujahadeen. The Mujahadeen trained a rich boy named Osama Bin Ladin. Osama Bin Ladin then financed the 9/11 attacks.

I'm not saying Reagan is directly responsible for the attacks. I'm saying that the GOP tends to get very single minded (the Cold War in the case of Reagan) and not think about the consequences of their actions.

This is also true of Bush and Iraq.

If you add Iran-Contra, you then get a president willing to arm anyone without thinking how it might play out.

Oh wait, then there's the propping up of murderous regimes all over South America. Hmm, could that be why so many are leaning left now? Could the governments that are so vexing us now be a reaction to our interference during the Reagan years?

Come on Americans get out and vote for OBAMA

There was only $11.5m or so in debt from Hillary's campaign.

Still a lot, but not $30m.

DaRrO: Love your conclusions!

When you say "God we are in trouble", who are you referring to? Are you an Obama supporter. It is difficult to tell.

You and the country will be in much greater trouble if McCain/Palin fool the American people with their lies and distract them from the issues. THE MESS WE ARE NOW IN FROM PEOPLE LIKE THEM!!!!

darkwood-the recession was leftovers from the carter era, the solar panels no longer worked properly.but of course who would admit that. hmmm overspending and indulgence sounds like people had more of their own money to spend.yeah that sounds awful. not to mention I was in the U.S.ARMY. under both reagan and clinton can say clinton did absolutely nothing for us millatarily . but what would you expect from a draft dodging adulterer.

You sound like the typical Racist you are!!!

How in any way shape or form is that racist?

Any speak against voting for obama is code for racism. Didn't you know that Neo?

Damn, I forgot about that :p

olusey-get ready to lose a whole lot of money. because obiden doesn't have a chance.

Want to back that up with cash. I'm one contact author button away.

oluseye if he shot himself in the foot . that would explain why obama,s been limping ever since .

Gee, chicken in a pot, I thought that was a Republican tactic. Oh wait, that's removing people from the voting rolls to make sure that they can't vote on Nov 4. It won't work this time.

You guys still using the paper ballots down there? Better start stuffing those boxes. Vote early, vote often! Isn't that the democrat mantra?

No, unfortunately in Fl we let the candidate's brother count the ballots. (GWB's brother was the Gov of FL in 2000)

Well, you go out and do all that recruiting and let me know how that works for ya. I'm just wondering, now that the alleged Bush factor isn't still Governor, who's gonna get the blame on Nov. 5, Gov. Crist? He is a wascally Republican too!

Well, I hope Crist is not sly as old Jebediah. But you never know. Things could get kind of crazy if some Repubs think that they're going to lose. And hopefully, I won't have to tell you, you'll already know on 11/5!! Now please, let me continue with my cheerleading!

Rah Rah sis boom Obama!!