Bill Touts McCain, Palin, Hillary and…
“Slimy elder statesman” is the apt description for the former President’s latest foray into this year’s election as he calls John McCain “a great man,” Sarah Palin an “instinctively effective candidate” and says that Hillary Clinton is offering “the most detailed position” on what to do about the financial crisis.
And the other guys? “I’ve never concealed my admiration and affection for Sen. McCain. I think he’s a great man. But, I think, on the issues that matter to our future, the Obama-Biden team is, is more right. And I believe they’re gonna win. But, I think that it will be competitive until the end.”
This represents a bit of slippage from Clinton’s convention speech only three weeks ago:
“Clearly, the job of the next president is to rebuild the American dream and to restore American leadership in the world…Everything I learned in my eight years as president, and in the work I have done since in America and across the globe, has convinced me that Barack Obama is the man for this job…
“Barack Obama is ready to honor the oath, to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Barack Obama is ready to be president of the United States…
“Republicans said I was too young and too inexperienced to be commander-in-chief…
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2 Responses to “Bill Touts McCain, Palin, Hillary and…”
Do you think he might be sending a signal to Hillary supporters?
Don’t be too hard on the guy. After you’ve had Air Force One for 8 years, riding around in a Gulfstream just doesn’t cut it. It’s a jones. You’ll do just about anything to get it back.
Boy, ol' Bubba sure sets off the kidddies into agitation. Even Biden said Hillary may have been a better VP choice, don't forget. Plus if Clinton acts as an Obama “let's be nice” surrogate, it might forestall more good McCain counter-attacks against the slime directed his and especially Palin's way. (That's _real_ slime, for the benefit of those who are “meaning-challenged.”)
Of course it's going to be competitive until the end. No matter how much the kiddies hate it, and hate Palin for it, the race is competitive. Most interesting of all is in the big swing states (Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania) and Florida, as well as another swing state of note (not a megastate, but a well-known swing and “bellwether” state), Missouri.
As Pew reports — McCain, as expected, is winning on issues, but doesn't succeed as much as hoped as the candidate of (_real_) change.
http://people-press.org/report/450/presidential…