It's tempting to believe Bill Clinton is the one super surrogate who can make the difference in his wife's presidential campaign. A new CBS/New York Times national poll indicated that 44 percent of Democratic primary voters said they were more likely to vote for Hillary Clinton because of her husband. Only 1 percent said they were more likely to vote for Barack Obama because of his celebrity backer, Oprah Winfrey.
...While stumping for Hillary Clinton in Iowa, Bill Clinton recently said he opposed the Iraq war "from the beginning." The record shows, however, that in May 2003, Bill Clinton said, "I supported the president when he asked for authority to stand up against weapons of mass destruction in Iran." In classic Clintonian fashion, the former president later tried to clarify that discrepancy, telling a television interviewer he believed all along that United Nations inspectors should have been given more time to complete their work in Iraq prior to the United States-led invasion.
Anytime Bill Clinton reminds voters of his past pattern of waffling and dissembling, he undercuts Hillary Clinton, who is criticized for the same thing. It's true even when he's joking, as when he told Iowans, "I always tell people when I speak that you're entitled to discount what I have to say."
This was very interesting becasue Hilary Clinton is not only a women but the wife of Bill Clinton (former president). People are saying how hilary has high polls is becasue of her husband. But i don't think that true because she is doing a good job on her own. i would think that people wouldnt vote for her do to her husband. People shouldnt be putting this campaign based on celeberties like ophra and Bill Clinton.
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