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September 11, 2008 3:26 PM

Bill Clinton Predicts Obama Will Win Election

(CBS)
From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

(NEW YORK) - Barack Obama and President Bill Clinton met for 90 minutes in Harlem this afternoon over a lunch of Cosi sandwiches and flatbread pizza. They discussed the presidential campaign, the economy, and post 9/11 foreign and domestic issues, according to joint statement released after the meeting.

During a photo op prior to the meeting, Clinton predicted that Obama will win the presidential elections, adding that he will win “pretty handily.”

Obama quickly chimed in, “There you go, you can take it from the president of the United States - he knows a little something about politics.”

A small crowd waited to catch a glimpse of Obama and Clinton after the meeting, and chanted “Yes We Can!” when the two emerged.

"I think it was a great moment for Harlem, for New York City," Wayne Preston, a social worker for the NYC Administration for Children's Services, told reporters.

Clinton promised to campaign for Obama after the Annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting wraps up on September 26.
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by libluv2whine September 11, 2008 3:45 PM PDT
well clinton did not predict his impeachment..
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by lews5 September 11, 2008 3:57 PM PDT
and mcbush didnt predict his wifes drug addiction and theft problems.
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by lews5 September 11, 2008 3:59 PM PDT
Shady sara didnt predict she would be the grand mother to a ***.
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by lews5 September 11, 2008 4:00 PM PDT
Shady sara didnt predict she would be the grand mother to a b.a.s.t.a.r.d
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by paris1969 September 11, 2008 4:36 PM PDT
I agree with Bill Clinton ... Obama will win the presidential race handily in Chicago ... but that won''t get him to the White House!!
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by flajoe1 September 11, 2008 4:41 PM PDT
Anyone know what Clinton predicted for 2000 & 2004?

Just checking his batting record :-)
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by tonyd_31 September 11, 2008 4:58 PM PDT
well clinton did not predict his impeachment..

Posted by libluv2whine

Because he thought the nutty, mean-spirited GOP clowns had common sense (which they absolutely do not have) as no one with common sense would have impeached him. Now the one who should be impeached for lying and getting us into a war, is going out of office as the worst prez of all times. DEMs are stupid as he is getting off too easy. He should be heading for the gallows.
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by DCropp September 11, 2008 4:59 PM PDT
In 2000 and 2004, Bill stayed home. Gore and Kerry didn''t ask Bill for his support.

To this day, Bill Clinton is still considered to be one of the toughest people ever on the campaign trail.

Bill knows the Republicans have stood idle while America has fallen on hard times.
McCain''s adviser Rick Davis lobbied for relaxed regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Unemployment over 6% and not even including millions who have given up on finding a job.
Family wages falling.
Food prices skyrocketing.
Home foreclosures through the roof.
McCain blamed Iraq after 9/11.
McCain blamed Iraq after the anthrax scare.
Finally, McCain got his Iraq war and let Bin Laden regroup his Taliban.

Bill Clinton realizes that McCain and Bush have forgotten Americans to seek glory in Iraq.
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by nvorr September 11, 2008 4:59 PM PDT
Check out this link for an excellent and informative article on bills submitted in the Senate by Obama.
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by nvorr September 11, 2008 5:01 PM PDT
Check out this link for an excellent and informative article on bills submitted in the Senate by Obama.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/20/201332/807/36/458633
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by oneamerican4 September 11, 2008 5:08 PM PDT
I predict that Bill Clinton will put his foot in Obama''s mouth - during one of his world-famous purple rage rants at the press.
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by concorde5 September 11, 2008 5:12 PM PDT
According to CNN''''s average of national polls, John McCain currently holds a 1-point lead over Obama, 46-45 percent.

The poll of polls, released Thursday afternoon, is composed of the following five national general election surveys: Fox News/Opinion Dynamics (September 8-9), NBC/Wall Street Journal (September 6-8), American Research Group (September 6-8), Gallup (September 8-10), and Diageo/Hotline (September 8-10). It does not have a sampling error.



Republicans are getting worried again. All Obama has to do is give one speech and that will put him over the top!
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by mattcat25 September 11, 2008 5:13 PM PDT
It really shouldn%u2019t matter who%u2019s in office or which party has been responsible for the situation we find ourselves in as a nation at this point in time. In a Democracy the American People of the United States of America should be holding their government accountable.

Vote in favor of Democracy.


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by paris1969 September 11, 2008 5:22 PM PDT
Lews5 ... typical obamacon ... no respect ... not even or an unborn child ... no wonder you support the king of abortion legislation!
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by paris1969 September 11, 2008 5:24 PM PDT
concorde5 ... more people watched McCain''s speech than Obama''s ... and almost as many watched Palin''s ... so who cares about Obama speeches .. he is so yesterday!
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by concorde5 September 11, 2008 5:30 PM PDT
Paris....This is just not the year for republicans. Your president Bush made sure of that.

Republicans really amaze me. They blindly follow bush off a cliff. Now McCain is going off a cliff too..With a woman driver at the wheel!

Time to wake up and realize that the republican party abandoned the average american when Bush took offoce. Now they are simply the party of corporate interests.
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by nvorr September 11, 2008 5:42 PM PDT
concorde5 ... more people watched McCain''''s speech than Obama''''s ... and almost as many watched Palin''''s ... so who cares about Obama speeches .. he is so yesterday!

Posted by paris1969 at 05:24 PM : Sep 11, 2008
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You know how when you come upon a car accident and just can''t turn away? That''s how I felt about watching McCain''s speech. The man could bore Osama bin laden into submission. He is son monotone and un-inspiring, I can''t imagine him speaking to foreign leaders or giving the state of the union. Even Republicans commented on how painful it was to watch.
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by blueskypie September 11, 2008 6:49 PM PDT
Obama is the right man for this job, let''s hope enough people vote for the right reason.


http://deepakchopra.com/2008/09/04/blog-obama-and-the-palin-effect/


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by rncdiva September 11, 2008 7:49 PM PDT
Bill''s wrong. Obama will not win this election. If he chose Hillary he may have "handily" won. He forfeited change when he picked old-Washington Biden.
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by jefflz-2009 September 12, 2008 2:15 AM PDT
Obama will need all of Bill''s help he can get. Rove/McCain changed an election into the New American Idol Contest. It is a mockery of democracy but they will do anything to hold on to power. Rove/McCain/Bush have demonstrated their contempt for the American public time and time again. The Popularity Contest about cute little hockey mom Sarah with the pit bull bite is just another example. Bill must help Obama open the eyes of a media-dazzled electorate before it is too late. We think -- no, so many people can''t be that stupid and fall for this phony hype, but they fool us every time. Bill needs to help Obama to take this fight to another level. Enough is enough!!
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by funobama September 12, 2008 10:11 AM PDT
Bill Clinton is right, and since we all know Harris county Texas and it''s surrounding counties are by far and away the largest concentration of my fellow Democrats per capita in the whole state, let us all pray to our Lord Obama that we have done his will by running so many million babies through the baby slaughtering houses our party has established and funds that he spares my fellow Democrats along the Texas coast this evening.

FU_NObama
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by mrmoomoo22 September 12, 2008 11:37 AM PDT
there is no way obama will win,, im so happy seeing mccain taking the lead,,, im a democrat but way in the world i could vote for obama ,,, im still in shock about him taken biden,,, anyway get ready mccain 18 million new votes heading your way,,, thanks DNC !
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by libh8er September 12, 2008 12:46 PM PDT
Bill Clintax hasn''t been right about anything since he was dragged kicking and screaming to sign welfare reform.

Go back to making millions bad mouthing your country over in the middle east....enjoy your cigar! LOL
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by realpatriot1 September 12, 2008 3:47 PM PDT
Lib8Her,

When was the last time you were right about anything?

Clinton agressively led the successful fight for welfare reform. After years of whining about but doing nothing about fixing the problem, the republicans were dragged along kicking and screaming.
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by realpatriot1 September 12, 2008 3:48 PM PDT
Paris, I watched the McCain and Palin speeches. They certainly don''t have my support, so what does that measure?
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by realpatriot1 September 12, 2008 3:50 PM PDT
Fun_oBama,

Was that supposed to be an example of a run on sentence?
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by chicnlittle September 12, 2008 3:51 PM PDT
I can''t believe this is even a story. Did anyone expect him to predict a McCain win?
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by realpatriot1 September 12, 2008 3:54 PM PDT
A politician like Bubba wouldn''t predict a big win if he didn''t have empirical evidence to support it. If he agreed with the conventional wisdom that it was going to be close he would say that he expected it to be close but Obama to win.

He''s done what many of us had. He''s ignored the national head-to-head polls that people are wetting their pants over and has looked at the numbers that matter.

That would be the state-by-state numbers in relation to the electoral map.

McCain is toast!
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by chicnlittle September 12, 2008 3:56 PM PDT
A politician like Bubba wouldn''''t predict a big win if he didn''''t have empirical evidence to support it. If he agreed with the conventional wisdom that it was going to be close he would say that he expected it to be close but Obama to win.

He''''s done what many of us had. He''''s ignored the national head-to-head polls that people are wetting their pants over and has looked at the numbers that matter.

That would be the state-by-state numbers in relation to the electoral map.

McCain is toast!


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Posted by realpatriot1 at 03:54 PM : Sep 12, 2008
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a,yea, ok.
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by navvet2 September 12, 2008 8:25 PM PDT
Bill Clinton is only saying what the DNC wants him to say. He wants Hillary to be able to run in 2012. The Dems are looking through their rose colored glasses just like Kerry and Gore did. Bill Clinton only won because he was perceived to be a center/moderate Democrat. Obama is perceived as a leftist/socialist by the majority of Americans. I don''t think that we have become Venezuela yet.
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by democat September 13, 2008 8:52 AM PDT
oh, good! Obama will win BIG, so I can stay home on nov. 11th. He won''t need my vote to win.
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by democat September 13, 2008 8:56 AM PDT
Monica says don''t trust Bill Clintons crystal ball!
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by democat September 13, 2008 8:56 AM PDT
Monica says don''t trust Bill Clintons crystal ball!
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by libra127 September 13, 2008 12:29 PM PDT
WHAT KIND OF A POTENTIAL FIRST LADY WOULDN''T HAVE TAKEN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HUG OR SHAKE THE HANDS OF THE VICTIMS WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN 9/11 .

Posted by john43218 at 08:55 PM : Sep 12, 2008

One who was working, perhaps? She has a JOB. It was not a national holiday.
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