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When Bill and Hillary Clinton take the stage Sunday at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, it will be the launch of an active campaign for their former nemesis Barack Obama in the home stretch of the 2008 presidential race.
The nation's best known and most powerful Democrats for nearly two decades, the former first couple is getting used to a new role: cheerleaders for Obama, who vanquished Hillary Clinton last spring in a Democratic primary contest for the ages.
Whatever recriminations the Clintons may still harbor from that long battle seem to have been nudged aside as they campaign in earnest for the Democratic ticket.
The New York senator and the former president will appear with Obama's running mate, Joe Biden, at a rally Sunday in Scranton, a working class town that has assumed something of an outsize role in the presidential race.
Biden was born in Scranton and lived there for several years as a child, while Hillary Clinton's father grew up in the town and is buried there. Both Biden and Clinton have emphasized their Scranton roots to illustrate their connection to blue collar voters.
After the rally, the Clintons will follow separate itineraries through presidential battleground states. They will also campaign on behalf of Democratic House and Senate candidates across the country.
Bill Clinton, who worked tirelessly for his wife during the primaries, seemed to take her loss more personally. Nonetheless, he gave Obama his full-throated endorsement at the Democratic convention in August. But he began stumping for the Illinois senator only recently, appearing at fundraisers and headlining two major events in Florida earlier this month.
After the Scranton rally, the former president was headed to Richmond and Roanoke, Virginia. He also planned events in the next few days in Ohio and Nevada, battleground states he won in 1992 and again in 1996.
Hillary Clinton was scheduled to hold a fundraiser for Obama on Sunday night in Philadelphia and planned a rally for him Monday in Montgomery County, a Philadelphia suburb rich in swing voters.
Clinton trounced Obama by 10 points in last spring's Pennsylvania primary, largely due to her strength among white working class voters. Sensing opportunity, Republican John McCain has campaigned actively in Pennsylvania but recent polls show Obama opening up a comfortable lead.
Hillary Clinton also planned return visits to Ohio and Florida in the next few days and has scheduled trips to Omaha, Neb., and Minnesota.
She traveled Friday to Arkansas, her husband's home state and where she served 12 years as first lady, in hopes of making it more competitive for the Democratic ticket. A swing through Western battleground states is in the works as well.
Clinton did radio interviews this week in North Carolina, a reliably Republican state that has become a battleground in this presidential election. She also spoke to a Hispanic station in Florida and launched a women's canvass in Wisconsin Saturday by phone.
Aides said Hillary Clinton has been remarkably stoic about taking on the role of an Obama cheerleader following the close and often bitter primary in which she raised questions about his electability and readiness to govern.
Clinton's long and often bumpy career in public life has taught her to compartmentalize her feelings, her aides said, and by nature she does not dwell on the past.
In campaign appearances, she has pressed the need for a Democratic president to take on the nation's sour economy and crippling financial crisis. Polls during the Democratic primaries found voters gave her a clear edge over Obama when asked who would be a better economic steward.
"I think it is safe to say we have not seen more troubles at one time since World War Two," Clinton told a rally in Little Rock, Ark., Friday. "Probably no president will inherit more challenges that President Obama will, since Harry Truman had to take over from Franklin Roosevelt."
Aides said Clinton has headlined more than 50 events for Obama and has raised $10 million for his campaign since suspending her own presidential effort in June.
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{"commentId":3441484,"authorDomain":"JRichter"}
This country can not afford an erratic president like McCain and his socialist mortgage bailout plan and see Russia from her house Palin. On the other hand, Obama's shrewed and solid economic recovery recommendations and his extremely effiient and strategi management and deision making process that has been on stellar display over the past one and a half years is what we need after an intellectually weak leadership of 8 years.
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#1 - Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:37 PM EDT{"commentId":3444257,"authorDomain":"werblssed"}
J. Its Obama pushing socialism not McCain
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{"commentId":3441530,"authorDomain":"rdonaldsnyder"}
Bill is still very popular with a great many working class Americans who remember the propriety under his administration. He can really help Barack with the people in the blue collar and rural areas.
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#2 - Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:41 PM EDT{"commentId":3442478,"authorDomain":"Yankeema"}
Did you really just use Bill Clinton and propriety in the same sentence? That is not my primary memory of his presidency. But then again, maybe you weren't a parent of a child far too young to have to learn about "certain things" from his president.
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{"commentId":3442757,"authorDomain":"jaawalla"}
LOL...I think maybe R. Donald meant 'prosperity'? Good catch, Nancy.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":3442454,"authorDomain":"Yankeema"}
Wouldn't it be a hoot if when Hillary took to the stage in Philadelphia she said, "I can't stand by any longer and watch what is happening to my country. I have decided to re-join the race as an Independent. Bill will be my Vice Presidential running mate." Before everyone jumps on me, I know it can't happen, but it would be amusing.
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#3 - Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:53 PM EDT{"commentId":3443063,"authorDomain":"marno"}
The Clintons are not doing this out of the goodness of their hearts. A deal was most certainly cut to facilitate this degree of participation in the Obama campaign.
My predictions: Look for Sen. Hillary Clinton to be appointed Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services. Pres. Bill Clinton will be nominated for - and ultimately appointed as, President of the World Bank.
Anyone want to place their bets..? ;)
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#4 - Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:40 PM EDT{"commentId":3454242,"authorDomain":"georgejpp"}
i think that Hillary Clinton want the Supreme Court. her legacy there could outlast most of what she could accomplish as President or Vice-President.
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{"commentId":3458985,"authorDomain":"marno"}
I don't disagree, but I think it would be tough for her to get confirmed for several reasons: 1) her legal background is as a corporate lawyer specializing in real estate trusts, and 2) she's never been a judge and has no record of deciding cases. But then again, with what will likely be an overwhelmingly Democratic congress, one never knows.
My thought process regarding her appointment as Sec. DHHS was shaped by her work on healthcare during her time as First Lady and again as Senator. If there's anyone that really knows the subject matter, it's her. If you've tracked the metamorphis of Sen. Obama's health care plans, they've slowly but surely taken on elements of Sen. Clinton's plan during the early primaries. I doubt that's by accident.
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{"commentId":3443282,"authorDomain":"DarcelleS"}
Marno I'd take that bet but I'm a little lite on cash flow lately, savings down to cents now. Can you give me a loan? My credit score is good for it! LOL
Seriously, I've always thought Obama would give her a worthy appointment if he were president. Good, bad or indifferent she gave him a good run.
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#5 - Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:56 PM EDT{"commentId":3443675,"authorDomain":"marno"}
Uh, yeah... I'll get that loan app right over to you! ;)
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{"commentId":3445989,"authorDomain":"stan-smith"}
Like true patriots they will pull out all stops to make sure America elects a leader and not a caricature of GB!
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#6 - Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:00 AM EDT{"commentId":3446337,"authorDomain":"sunnyside"}
They really have shown that they are just first-rate people. Despite the initial shock they experienced they've really seemed to put any bitterness aside and chosen country first. It's very inspiring. I only wish the best for them.
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{"commentId":3451109,"authorDomain":"wandarandy01"}
If I were running for public office ( and I am not), I sure would not have the Clintons speaking in my behalf. If you don't remember....The embarassment, the impeachment....etc
He or should I say, they, cut the military by two thirds ( that cuts our national defense ).....and he didn't inhale !
At least Bush served this country in some capacity ( military) , and didn't run off to Canada!
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#7 - Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:16 PM EDT{"commentId":3460612,"authorDomain":"sunnyside"}
No argument on the embarrassment or the impeachment (by the House, acquitted by the Senate). No one is going to undo what was done. The draft issue is another matter, a young Clinton did put himself back in the draft lottery to take his chances like everyone else. The young Clinton came back to his senses. He wouldn't have been allowed to run for president years later.
When G.W.B. ran for president the order of the day was honesty. People wanted to elect an honest man to restore America's morals and image. Now we all realize that he wasn't up to the job and we're in a mess, a complete mess. In addition, Bush's military duty has its own detractors. The ones that claim he got rich boy "fluff treatment". Bush's own "I honestly can't remember if I did cocaine" statement is lame at best.
If Clinton reduced the military by two-thirds, Bush has let the military run wild. America is spending 10Billion dollars a month on just the war. It's an occupation of another country that was completely misguided and has put our troops in harms way and hasn't produced any success. America has occupied countries, torchered people, wire tapped, and so on under the Bush administration. Even Patraeus has stated that he can't say that the surge has succeeded, despite McCain's constant claims of "success of the surge".
More importantly, our economy needs to be in order for us to support any of America's goals, including military ones. The one thing Clinton did have going for him is the prosperity that Americans enjoyed during his administration, a prosperity that came on the heals of a mess George Sr. left us. Right now, the most important thing on anyone's mind IS the economy. Bill Clinton knows something about that and that is what people will be focused on.
"PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WILL LEAVE OFFICE WITH THE LONGEST BOOM IN US HISTORY STILL INTACT.— [He] LEAVES THE LEGACY OF A HUGE AND GROWING BUDGET SURPLUS, the product of years of bitter battles between Republicans and Democrats._— During .. [his] presidency, the economy expanded by 50% in real terms, and BY THE END OF HIS TENURE THE US HAD A GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT OF ...ONE QUARTER OF THE ENTIRE WORLD ECONOMIC OUTPUT.__— The booming US economy has brought economic benefits right across the income spectrum. The unemployment rate has dropped by half,…THE BOOMING ECONOMY AND STRICT CONTROLS OVER GOVERNMENT SPENDING HAS MEANT THAT MR CLINTON ALSO LEAVES OFFICE WITH THE PUBLIC FINANCES IN THEIR STRONGEST SHAPE FOR DECADES.
The Office of Management and Budget is projecting a surplus …, ENOUGH TO PAY OFF THE ENTIRE FEDERAL DEBT AND FUND SOCIAL SECURITY, THE STATE PENSION SCHEME, FOR SEVERAL MORE DECADES.."
Democrat) Bill Clinton's Economic Legacy
By BBC News Online's Steve Schifferes
Monday, 15 January, 2001, 12:47 GMT
SO YES, I want Bill Clinton to advise Obama on the economy .... ! WARREN BUFFETS endorsement of Obama/Biden speaks volumes, too!
Obama/Biden '08
Vote for America's workers, America's soldiers, vote for America's future!
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