Attorney-gate could get interesting

interesteddad
Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:51:15 +0000

I still for the life of me don’t understand how referring to your husband (even in jest) as evil and bad “embraces” him. I personally think it mocks him and demeans him.



She didn’t refer to him. She paused after repeating the question.



I would guess that there are still many voters who like Bill much better than Hill, even if she thinks he’s evil… I think she understands that Bill is still more popular than she ever will be.



Of course, she doesn’t have the favorability ratings of President Clinton. He has some of the highest favorabilities of any public figure.

The latest ABC/Gallup Poll in late February shows Hillary with a favorability of 49% versus 55% for Bill.



I also think he would (or will) have a very hard time assuming the role as the subservient first lady. Somehow his ego is too big for that.



Actually, Hillary has discussed a role for Bill as an “ambassador to the world”, i.e. a special envoy diplomatic role. That would be fantastic and a real asset to the country. She cites the role that he has played with George HW Bush as the public figures for Tsunami relief. He could be very effective in rebuilding the US position in the world – something that is going to require a major effort by the next President.

The other intriguing possibility that has been talked about in the media would be for NY Governor Elliot Spitzer to appoint Bill Clinton to fill the remaining four years of Hillary Clinton’s Senate term. The voters of NY state would obviously love that, but I don’t realistically see the Clinton’s going for it as it would put both of them up for re-election in 2010.

As for campaigning together, this C-SPAN video shows the joint Hillary/Bill $2.7 million fundraiser in Washington last week. Bill’s introduction starts at the 4:30 mark. He talks about their first date:

rtsp://video.c-span.org/archive/c08/c08032007clinton.rm