Bill Clinton Hopes ‘Black President’ Status Rubs Off On Hillary
Sphere: Related Content(Newsmax) Bill Clinton, one of the most popular presidents with black voters, is hoping that popularity will rub off on his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
On Sunday, he spoke to the annual meeting of the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators. The former president received a standing ovation while taking the stage.
“I know how come I’m here - I’m here because I’m a stand-in for Hillary,” he said.
He went on to talk briefly about health care, renewable energy technology and education. His wife has made affordable health care a priority in her campaign and has made a point of pushing for new energy technology during her tenure as New York’s junior senator.
“He’s one of those individuals that has a reputation as a liberator for minority communities,” said Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who is black and is backing Sen. Clinton for president. “Bill Clinton had a reputation for delivering. He does have a tremendous effect that I’ve observed when it comes to minority communities.”
While Bill Clinton “is somebody who has deep affection and respect in the minority community,” both Hillary Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama will still have to make their case to minority voters, said Donna Brazile, a longtime Democratic activist who ran Al Gore’s presidential campaign in 2000.
“Nobody can take the minority voters for granted this campaign,” she said.
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February 19th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
The thing I wonder about is this: given the fact that even those who hate Hillary might still harbor a little fondness for her husband, the scamp, might she not want to act like she loves and listens to him, just a little bit, in the hopes that people will allow some of his charima karma to rub off on her? Because if she had never been married to him, where would she now be?