ARKANSAS GRIFTERS AND OFFSPRING
Posted on 05/13/2007 2:35:21 AM PDT by Cincinna
Bill Clinton’s connections, and his endless supply of chits, only begin to capture his singular role in his wife’s presidential candidacy, advisers and friends of the couple say. He is the master strategist behind the scenes; the consigliere to the head of “the family,” as some Clinton aides refer to her operation; and a fund-raising machine who is steadily pulling in $100,000 or more at receptions.
So far, his roles have unfolded in private as he provides ideas to his wife and makes sure she paces herself, and as he acts as something of a field general with donors, instructing them on how to talk up Mrs. Clinton. Eventually, though, he will go public in a big way: Clinton advisers can already imagine a point in 2008 when Mr. Clinton has his own campaign plane, press corps and schedule of events in crucial states while Mrs. Clinton is barnstorming in others.
He is also galvanizing new support. At a recent gathering at Morgan Stanley, organized by Roger C. Altman, a Clinton Treasury Department official who now advises Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Clinton fielded questions for an hour from 60 major new donors about issues like her positions on Iraq and the impact of the compressed 2008 primary schedule. Mr. Clinton also recently filmed a five-minute video, which is being sent to new and old allies, narrating her biography and lavishing praise on her.
“He is the great security blanket for her campaign: Democrats listen to him with intensity, and he can assure her and her staff that he can get her message out,” said Jerry Lundergan, chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party, who recently played host to Mr. Clinton at a four-hour fund-raiser for the campaign.
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I think his record is something like 0-27 on candidates he campaigned for. They already have the moonbat votes (Bill's worshipers) but the middle and right just think "Enough already/good riddance".
He’s a classic Clintonista mouth-piece.
America doesn’t need a Clinton rerun in the Whitehouse.
Is there a misspelling here?
obsequious ... thank God for Google and instant dictionary definitions ... second only to FreepeRs that use words correctly.
More proof that Feminism (the good parts of it) is totally dead.
Does the Campaigner-in-Chief get to have his own interns?
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