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Bill Clinton: Hillary Can Be the 'Comeback Kid'
January 04, 2008 10:46 AM
ABC News' Kate Snow Reports: Bill Clinton says his wife can be a “comeback kid” just like he was.
"Absolutely," President Clinton said in a brief interview with ABC News.
"Remember I lost here," Clinton added, referring to New Hampshire. (Bill Clinton placed second in New Hampshire in 1992 behind Paul Tsongas.)
He then quickly listed off his other losses from memory: "South Dakota, Maine, Maryland, Colorado, before I ever won a state," he said.
So what can Hillary Clinton do to come back?
"Run that hard here," said her husband. "She's got a better profile here. They know more about her now than they did about me then. And I think she'll be fine. We just get out and go."
Bill Clinton did express one concern about the shortened time frame for campaigning in New Hampshire. New Hampshire's primary is next Tuesday, January 8-- just five days after the Iowa caucuses.
"I just wish we had ten days instead of five," Clinton said.
January 4, 2008 in Bush, George W. | Permalink | User Comments (197)
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Senator Rodham-Clinton is not qualified for any office; she belongs in jail with her rapist husband.
Obama has no experience.
Edwards is a vain prima-donna.
Kucinich is a Communist.
Dodd and Biden are just in there to hear themselves pontificate.
The only qualified Democrat is Bill Richardson...
Posted by: diane | Jan 4, 2008 11:24:51 AM
Iowa has shown us that the American people can see through the Clintons' 2-for-1 strategy, which we first heard from Bill back in 1992. At President Bush's first inauguration, Bill said, "We'll be back." It's part of Bill and Hillary's life-long plan. Fortunately, it's been rejected, and we can only hope the rest of the country follows suit.
I did not ask for 2-for-1 then, nor do I ask for it now. That's just the life-long Clinton strategy that moves Hillary into a position for which she is not qualified.
Every time Bill moves up (Gov of Arkansas), Hillary moves up with him (Attorney General of Arkansas). Bill moves up again (President of the US); Hillary moves up with him (US Senate). See the pattern, women?
Consider what America got with the first Clinton co-Presidency:
• Abuse of the powers of the office of the President
• Granting Presidential pardons to buy Hillary's election to the Senate. As a woman who made it on my own, Hillary's need to ride Bill's coattails and her sense of entitlement (as in "it's my turn and Obama should wait his turn") makes me doubt her capabilities.
• Hillary's long-suffering marriage to Bill, enabling a lifetime of sexual trysts and trying to contain the Bimbo eruptions, gives me a President without the backbone to stand up to a man. Hillary claims to be tough enough to play with the boys when, in fact, she is unable to leave a cheating husband. How will she stand up to other male leaders who see this in "Mrs." Clinton and walk all over her?
• Being married to a former President does not make one qualified to be President.
Hillary has less experience in elected office than Barack. She's held elected office for one Senate term plus one year and has introduced no major legislation during that time. She showed us in the interview about Pakistani elections the extent of her foreign policy experience--she did not know what office the election was for or who was on the ballot! Is this the kind of experience we want in the Oval Office?
I am not a "Hillary hater;" I am an America lover. Please consider very carefully which candidate the Democratic Party puts on the ballot. The future of this country absolutely depends on it.
Posted by: Denise | Jan 4, 2008 11:29:37 AM
Yes Bill, they do know her better than they knew you back then. That's why she definitely will lose.
Posted by: Rick | Jan 4, 2008 11:30:56 AM
Don't count Senator Cuckold out just yet. The Clintons have never faced irrelevancy without a fight.
Posted by: Pete | Jan 4, 2008 11:30:57 AM
When Bill Clinton was loosing early primaries in 1991, few people knew who he was (or what he said he represented). Hillary is loosing and EVERYONE knows who she is. That is a very bad sign for Hillary. We don't like her.
Posted by: Gary in Washington | Jan 4, 2008 11:31:01 AM
Bill Clinton: Hillary Can Be the 'Comeback Kid'
Hillary Clinton is not a "kid." She's a dried up old woman.
Posted by: Monkey Johnson | Jan 4, 2008 11:37:17 AM
Hillary Clinton was never attorney general of Arkansas.
Posted by: Tim | Jan 4, 2008 11:38:25 AM
Try as they might, the Clintons cannot spin their way out of the fact that 70% of Iowa Democrats rejected Hillary.
Posted by: Mike | Jan 4, 2008 11:41:14 AM
I am afraid that Hillary is not dead yet. She has too many big dollar supporters and she is still the darling of the Media.
The only thing that will drive a stake into the heart of this beast is a string of defeats all the way through Florida and may have to go through Super Tuesday.
She has to be defeated if we want this country to remain a democracy. This holds true for all of the democrats except for Bill Richardson.
Solution: Elect Fred Thompson
Posted by: D. R. P. | Jan 4, 2008 11:47:37 AM
At this point, the only real question appears to be: Who is more popular, Bill Clinton or Oprah? Apparently the candidates themselves aren't winning their own elections. I am too cynical to believe that anyone "sees through her", or that any of the candidates in either party are truly qualified or ethical. It is shocking how much people will believe from the candidates' after having made their choice. People STILL love and admire HRC's perjurous, adulterous, lascivious husband, and no revelations of fact will EVER change that.
Personally, I doubt the importance of Iowa in the big picture. Being first on the calendar doesn't necessarily mean being significant in any other way. No offense intended, Iowa. Hillary is not out of the running. Or rather, Bill and Oprah haven't settled the matter yet.
Posted by: Vince in Arizona | Jan 4, 2008 11:53:00 AM
The "comeback kid" implies one has someplace to come back to, which in this case I hope is Yale, where she lost in a student poll bigger than Iowa. Also, Bill, if she was a "kid," you might spend some time in your own bed! I think the real reason for HRC's drubbing in Iowa is that Obama and Edwards are stealth members of the vast right-wing conspiracy. Go Barack!!! Knock her down again in NH.
Posted by: jim brown | Jan 4, 2008 11:54:30 AM
Mrs. Inevitable Nominee scratching for Comeback Kid staus? Watch out, these people are power hungry and have no qualms about taking the low road to achieve their ambitions.
Posted by: Nate | Jan 4, 2008 11:55:48 AM
I am very heartened by the overwhelming negative response to the Clintons. Ruthless, abusive people sometimes get what they deserve. She deserves to lose.
Posted by: Damian Armenti | Jan 4, 2008 11:57:14 AM
Obama vs. McCain (or Giuliani, I suppose)would be a breath of fresh air for the country. All 3 are statesmen!
The politics of divisiveness, personal destruction, assigning ones own negatives to their opponent, and deny, deny, deny is the PHONY politics and person of the Clintons.
I am hopeful that people recognize that the world will be a better place without the self-serving agendas of the Clintons.
I am hopeful today.... and would recommend that Hillary bow out now to enable the opportunity for Obama to lead the Democratic Party.
Posted by: Steve | Jan 4, 2008 12:00:41 PM
Diane: Hillary Clinton was never attorney general of Ark. FYI.
Posted by: Michael Allan Leach | Jan 4, 2008 12:04:14 PM
I don't think Hillary is done by any means. She's kind of like Medusa (heck, that face can turn anyone to stone).
Anyway, she has the war chest to keep her in the race for quite awhile, and I think she will still get the Dem nomination (perish the thought). The only thing that can keep her from getting the nomination is the mainstream media---if they discover that they can get out their message through Obama instead of through Hillary, they will dump her in a heartbeat. The media have been carrying the Clinton water for a long time, and I am sure they are a bit tired of it.
One final point---even the worst in the field of Republicans would be better than whoever the best is in the Democrat field (does the word 'vacuous' ring a bell).
Posted by: sAM | Jan 4, 2008 12:05:45 PM
Hopefully this truly is a sign the Democrats realize how corrupt the Clintons really are.
Why won't the media investigate all the millions the foreign governments, criminals (Marc Rich), etc. are giving to the Clinton Library? If it's on the up and up why is it all too secret to release? Why won't the other presidential candidates hammer this home? Could it be Hillary also has their FBI files from the 90's?
Posted by: Carrell | Jan 4, 2008 12:07:02 PM
As a republican I can live with Obama and it gives me some hope that democrats will finally have this cancer that is the clintons removed from their body. Please, please, please flush her down the toilet!
Posted by: Opinions Are Like | Jan 4, 2008 12:08:18 PM
Hillary and her people were instrumental in accelerating the primary timeline, because she was expected to run the table.
Bill's comparisons to the 92 and 96 campaigns don't work, because of the abbreviated calendar.
Posted by: anilp | Jan 4, 2008 12:13:49 PM
thank god Iowa seen through the foney clintons. you know we taxpayers bought them the best house, sent the daughter to the best schools and she can't even speak to a a kid reporter. well i guess she got it from her mom scared to answer any tough questions. hillry was shipped to the auctions in Iowa. Wyoming will send her to the coal mines Saturday, and the Granite State should send her packing to China and she can take billy with her. we don't need or want hillry.
Posted by: Jake | Jan 4, 2008 12:25:20 PM
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