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Clinton To Appear With Obama At June Fundraiser

The Huffington Post | Ethan Klapper | Posted 05.21.2012

Former President Bill Clinton will join President Barack Obama at a June 4 fundraiser in New York City, according to an email the Obama campaign sent ...

Obama, Clinton Join Forces

Posted 04.30.2012

By Laura MacInnis Former President Bill Clinton gave a rousing endorsement of fellow Democrat Barack Obama in his first 2012 campaign appearanc...

Clinton, Obama Reportedly Joining Forces

Bloomberg | Jeffrey McCracken and Hans Nichols | Posted 03.06.2012

Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to make joint appearances with President Barack Obama at a series of campaign fundraisers, according to three...

Obama Team Quietly Sought Clinton's Advice

The National Memo | Joe Conason | Posted 11.14.2011

President Obama's top political operatives -- including campaign chief adviser David Axelrod -- traveled from Chicago and Washington to the headquarte...

Obama Cements the Reagan Legacy

Paul Hogarth | Posted 05.25.2011

Paul Hogarth

In January 2008, right before the Nevada Caucus, Hillary Clinton slammed Obama for making comments to the conservative Reno Gazette Journal that appea...

Obama, Clinton and Selling the Tax Deal

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Lincoln Mitchell

The ease with which Obama let Bill Clinton take over a White House press conference was alarming. Instead of a serious discussion, the American people had two presidents pouring water down our backs, telling us it was raining.

Why Bill Clinton's Favorable View of Obama's Tax Deal Should Be Disregarded

Robert Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Reich

I admire Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. I advised the former and worked for the latter. They are good men. But they have either been outwitted by the privileged and powerful of America, or seduced by those on Wall Street.

Amanda Terkel

Bill Clinton Chides GOP For Pushing A New Government Shutdown: 'It Didn't Work Out Very Well' In 1995

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

President Clinton condemned a proposal floated by several Republicans to shut down the government if the party takes back the majority in November, po...

Sam Stein

McCain: Obama Created More Partisan Environment Than Bill Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) ripped into the president on Sunday for abandoning his pledge to foster bipartisanship in Washington, accusing Obama of cre...

Bill Clinton, Obama To Meet To Discuss NKorea

nytimes.com | Jeff Zeleny | Posted 05.25.2011

It's a Clinton-filled day at the White House on Tuesday. Former President Bill Clinton is set to arrive for an afternoon meeting with President Obama...

President Obama - Give Us an LGBT Advocate

Karen Ocamb | Posted 05.25.2011

Karen Ocamb

"Equal rights," while always counted in the litany of core liberal and progressive principles and "values," always is set aside or thrown under the bus in favor of some real or imagined political expediency.

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

The Plum Line | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

Obama's Great Society

Dylan Loewe | Posted 05.25.2011

Dylan Loewe

What was most impressive about the speech was not its cadence and tone, but the framing used to sell its contents.

Clinton Veterans Return After Eight Years: Old Offices "Unrecognizable"

NY Times | Posted 05.25.2011

For the first time since they threw their old, boxy pagers over the White House fence on Jan. 20, 2001 -- the BlackBerry as we know it wasn't on the m...

Obama Brings Clinton Team Back Together

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

The Politico reports that Barack Obama's administration is starting to looks a lot like Bill Clinton's: Here's how you can tell the campaign is over...

Barack Obama and My Kids

Julie Menin | Posted 05.25.2011

Julie Menin

Without first acquiring a track record of reaching across the aisle, one of the greatest opportunities to create a modern "New Deal" to help Americans across the country will be lost.

Should an Obama Presidency Be Bill Clinton's Third Term?

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

David Sirota

The hope is with a big enough election mandate, Obama will feel more empowered to sweep out the Clintonites and start fresh -- both in terms of personnel, and in terms of ideology.

Obama: No Surprise That Hard-Pressed Pennsylvanians Turn Bitter

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Mayhill Fowler

Obama tells Californians it's natural that the economically disenfranchised heartland turns to guns, religion, and xenophobia.

Obama Gets Tough. Too Little, Too Late?

John Ridley | Posted 05.25.2011

John Ridley

With the kind of pushback he's been offering, Obama oughta be looking to play cribbage this November with the guys at the assisted living home for Democrats. Except that Obama had himself a siddown with Bill Clinton.

Obama's Tuesday Night Chat With Clintons: Details

Time | Posted 05.25.2011

After leaving the house party, Senator Obama called and talked for several minutes with Senator Hillary Clinton saying how grateful he was for her sup...

On National Security Night, Clinton Keeps His Gun Holstered and Biden Fires Away

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

Arianna Huffington

National security rated only passing mentions -- broad generalities when specifics were called for. This despite the fact that the Bush years have given us so many tragic specifics to remind the American people of.

Sam Stein

Bradley Praises The Clinton Years, Says No To VP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Here's another instance of how the political dynamics differ between a primary fight and a general election campaign. One of Barack Obama's most resp...

Where is Bill? Wrong Question! - Bill Clinton Doesn't Have to Answer

Carl Jeffers | Posted 05.25.2011

Carl Jeffers

Don't think for one second Bill Clinton won't be doing whatever he can to elect the Obama as our next president. But it will be because he wants to, not be because he needs to rebuild his image.

Someone Get Barack Bill's Cell Phone Number

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Carol Felsenthal

When I was writing Clinton in Exile, I heard often about how technologically challenged the former president is. Aides to Bill Clinton told me that ...

Bill Clinton: Committed To Helping Obama

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Former President Clinton on Tuesday offered to help Barack Obama win the White House, although what work he'll do for his wife's fo...