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Bill Clinton: Obama's Speech Was "Terrific" And Sufficiently Optimism

The Plum Line | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics


Bill Clinton -- who recently urged President Obama to show more optimism about the future -- hailed Obama for getting the tone right in his speech las...

Bill Clinton And Obama Still Strangers

NY Mag | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


So the first and last episode of the Barack and Bill Show took place last night in Kissimmee, Florida, with some 35,000 regular people in attendance, ...

Oy, Bill Clinton

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.29.2008 | Media


I get what he was going for, I think — he knows it would seem disingenuous for Bill Clinton to pretend he was rah-rah about Barack Obama from th...

A Note to Bill Clinton

Paul Slansky | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics


Paul Slansky

You're not fooling anyone, Bill, and it's not going unnoticed. We see your rage -- it's too huge to hide. We see that it pains you to even speak Obama's name.

Bill Clinton On "The View": "I Genuinely Like Both" Obama And McCain

Orlando Sentinel | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics


Bill Clinton visited ABC's "The View" for the first time Monday. And he saved his most interesting observations for the end. He offered his prediction...

Bill Clinton: Obama Will Win "Pretty Handily"

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


NEW YORK — Barack Obama and former President Clinton talked for two hours on Thursday, their first meeting in a White House race that had once b...

McCain Uses Clinton's Words Against Obama

ABC News | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics


Tuesday, former President Bill Clinton was riffing before an audience about his feelings on how a politician's ability to deliver would become a big i...

Bill Clinton In ABC News Interview: "I Am Not A Racist"

Washinton Post | Anne E. Kornblut | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics


Former president Bill Clinton has been trying to keep his political opinions in check in order to turn back to his international work. Still, he got ...

Bill Clinton On African-American Anger: "I Don't Think It'll Last"

NYT | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics


THE streets were bright with promise on the sunny July day in 2001 when former President Bill Clinton arrived in Harlem, the historic capital of black...

Sam Stein

Bill Clinton Heading Back To Africa

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


Pardon Bill Clinton if he's not stumping for Barack Obama quite so soon. The former president is set to return to Africa at the end of this month to i...

Obama and Bill Clinton Finally Speak

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Barack Obama and Bill Clinton ended their mutual silent treatment Monday, with the Democratic presidential candidate reaching out a...

Bill Clinton And Obama To Talk About Campaign Role

CNN's Political Ticker | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe assured CNN's Candy Crowley that former President Bill Clinton and presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Oba...

Bill Clinton Says Obama Must 'Kiss My Ass' For His Support

The Telegraph | Tom Shipman And Phillip Sherwell | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics


Bill Clinton is so bitter about Barack Obama's victory over his wife Hillary that he has told friends the Democratic nominee will have to beg for his ...

"He Doesn't Like Obama"

The New Yorker | Ryan Lizza | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics


The New Yorker profiles the role of Bill Clinton and his rivalry with Barack Obama: When Hillary Clinton's Presidential campaign was launched, in Jan...

Clyburn On Bill Clinton: African Americans Have Lost A Lot Of Respect For Him

New Yorker | Ryan Lizza | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics


On the Thursday before the Pennsylvania primary, Bill Clinton spoke to a crowd of college students at a gymnasium in Lock Haven. The event was typical...

'Spirit of Upset'

NY Times | David Kocieniewski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Despite the brutal schedule of the pre-Super Tuesday endgame, Senator Barack Obama seemed crisp and inspired this afternoon throughout his 35-minute a...

DRAMATIC DEMOCRATIC SHIFT

CNN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton is losing ground to Sen. Barack Obama in a national CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released on the eve of critical Su...

Campaign Reaches Fever Pitch

New York Times | Brian Knowlton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


With two days to go before Super Tuesday's multistate nominating contests, candidates for both parties campaigned furiously on Sunday, trying to seize...

Bill Clinton Booed Loudly At Obama Event

Politico.com | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Bill's image, speaking live at an event in Missouri, came up on the screen at Obama's packed victory party in Columbia, and was met by loud, sustained...

Bill: I'd Support Obama, Despite "All The Mean Things" He's Said

Slate | Christopher Beam | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Speaking to a crowd at the Williamsburg County Recreation Center, Bill Clinton just now offered an olive branch: "If [Barack Obama] wins this nominat...

Video Shows ABC Distorted Obama's "Testy Exchange" With Reporter

Horse's Mouth | Greg Sargent | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Okay, this is really a bad one. Late yesterday, ABC News posted a story called: "Is Bill Clinton getting in Obama's head?" The piece reported that Ob...

Obama Announces "Truth Squad" To Counter Clintons

MSNBC News | Domenico Montanaro | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Obama campaign held a conference call to announce the South Carolina Truth Squad "to respond forcefully" to "the incredible distortions that are c...