Obama, Bill Clinton To Campaign Together
CBS News has confirmed that Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have planned a joint appearance before Election Day. Politico first reported the news.
The former president, whose wife lost a hard-fought primary to Obama, has not always had kind words for the Democratic nominee.
At one point, he compared Obama's experience level to his own in 1988, when he decided not to run, because “I really didn’t think I knew enough, and had served enough and done enough to run.” He called Obama's candidacy a "fairytale" and compared it to that of Jesse Jackson, which was seen as a slight by Obama loyalists.
But Clinton, who, as Politico notes, "moved slowly toward a full-throated endorsement this summer," has since offered kind words for his wife's former rival.
"Barack Obama is ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world. Ready to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States," Clinton said at the Democratic National Convention. "Barack Obama is ready to be President of the United States."
Details about the joint appearance on the stump – the first for the pair – have not yet emerged.
UPDATE: A Democratic source tells CBS News the joint appearance will be Wednesday night in Orlando, Florida, and that Hillary Clinton will not be present.
The former president, whose wife lost a hard-fought primary to Obama, has not always had kind words for the Democratic nominee.
At one point, he compared Obama's experience level to his own in 1988, when he decided not to run, because “I really didn’t think I knew enough, and had served enough and done enough to run.” He called Obama's candidacy a "fairytale" and compared it to that of Jesse Jackson, which was seen as a slight by Obama loyalists.
But Clinton, who, as Politico notes, "moved slowly toward a full-throated endorsement this summer," has since offered kind words for his wife's former rival.
"Barack Obama is ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world. Ready to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States," Clinton said at the Democratic National Convention. "Barack Obama is ready to be President of the United States."
Details about the joint appearance on the stump – the first for the pair – have not yet emerged.
UPDATE: A Democratic source tells CBS News the joint appearance will be Wednesday night in Orlando, Florida, and that Hillary Clinton will not be present.
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See all 21 CommentsThis is the United States of America and if Senator Obama wins the U.S. Government will return to normal and work the way it was designed to work in the U.S. Constitution, as a Democracy and not a Dictatorship. Those angry mobs you mention are U.S. Citizens, Americans, a civilized people and not refugees or foreign objects.
I think Joe wishes he had never accepted the VP spot - he''s also running for his senate seat just in case his guy doesn''t pull it out,nothing like covering your butt.
I will say Joe was right re a crisis - the world outside our borders know Obama''s a fake with N.P.D. - narssistic personality disorder: symptoms: Calm, Cool, Collected, Organized, Arrogant, Always has prepared speeches, Never gets off cue so as not to mess up - never says anything of substance just trys to get the crowds in a trance so as not to be found out..Of course behind closed doors smokes like a freight train, even CNN reporters on his plane sadi the stench in the plane and on Obama was almost unbearable in cramped quaters..Obama said now isn''t a good time to try to quit smoking - too stressful. What will he do in a crisis - turn to cocaine again??
Please tell all of us..
Obama, is to keep General Powell as an advisor, If elected and wants to re-start the draft. Perhaps its
time since enlistment is at an all time low. He also wants to send troops to Afghanistan but take them out of Iraq. I sure will be glad when all this is over lol.
You think he likes you ? lol He treated Hillary so bad how can you do this lol
"Why are some Democrats worried that Mr. Obama may not necessarily be headed to the White House?
For starters, the American people like to have checks and balances. With predictions that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will grow their liberal power bases in the House and the Senate, more Americans than reflected in various polls may decide to apply the brakes to an Obama presidency.
And I know you%u2019ve heard this before, experience does matter. Joe Biden may have inadvertently made that case for John McCain when he recently said that the world will test Barack Obama in six months. %u201CThe world is looking,%u201D he said. %u201CWatch, we%u2019re going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy.%u201D I feel the American People should not have to go through this again.
They should have listened to America but instead they told us they would decide.
How is that working out for you deciders still think you are more powerful than the swing voter.
who are those who call theselves christains and at the same time call others liberals as if they have no right of opinion or ideas?well when the era of conservatism proves to be a failure the excuse is that it was not managed well and lets give a second try, when we advocate for abstainace we end up having our kids to marry at the age 17 and accuses other for marry at wet lock.well i Pray God to forgive us from out Hypoc....
Ha ha ha ha ha! First of all, Obama''s 9 points ahead in national trackers- well except that Nickelodeon Kid''s poll....
http://bitterknitter.com/nickelodeon-kid-vote-family-circle-cookie-poll
Guess we know where you''re putting your hopes - in the 3-7 year old demographic. Guess you didn''t hear they''re too young to vote!
The Clintons may help push the popular vote even further in Obama''s direction - probably too much to hope for any deep red states going blue this time around, but if you think one campaign appearance a couple weeks ago and Bill showing up once before the election is in any way responsible for Obama''s tremendous national lead in electoral votes as well as the popular votes, you''re really not keeping up with current events. Pull off the tinfoil hat, it may be interfering with your mental acuity.
So now the Clintons join the ranks who believe that an unknown, socialist leaning extreme liberal whose closest mentors and friends are extreme left to the point of being Marxist, is best for the country.
I heard Bill Clinton make a statement about how many appearances Hillary has done for Obama. Is he making a case for her, and for what reason?
Anyway, I believe America is about to make a grave mistake, and there will be lots of folks who will quickly fall out of love when they truly find out who they have married.
If Obama and the Dems make it for four years without getting thrown out, we will barely recognize this country we love. Absolute power can be very corrupting.
--$4,716.49 on hair and makeup just through September,
--$22,800.00 for makeup Oct. 1-15,
--$5,102.71 at Bloomingdale%u2019s New York,
--$9,447.71 at Macy%u2019s in Minneapolis,
--$49,425.74 at Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York
-- $75,062.63 in a whopping spending spree at Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis (hey, doggone - this "hockey mom" is goin'' upscale on us real fast!).
Then there''s the $21,012 for her three daughters'' 64 one-way and 12 round-trip commercial flights since she took office as Gov. in December 2006 (thankfully, that bill was paid by the state of Alaska, admirably proving Palin''s credentials as an equal-opportunity biller!).
Republicans used to belittle former Sen. John Edwards'' $400 haircut, but compared to Palin, that looks like chump change!
Even "Joe" (actually Sam) the Plumber must be turning green with envy - Palin''s fashion budget for just these past few weeks is already more than four times the median salary of an American plumber ($37,514).
If elected, maybe she''ll single-handedly spend us out of this big recession Bush has us heading into! Wouldn''t she make a swell Pres.?
John McCain thinks so! Making her the V.P. candidate was his single most important decision going into this election campaign!
Does that make you confident of his judgment if elected President? Or not so much?
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