"This may be the last day I'm ever involved in a campaign of this kind."- Bill Clinton

[lsusteel]

Can we start uniting behind Obama now?

You fought valiantly Hillary. You gave it your all. You would have made a fine President, and hopefully you're up for another run in 2016.

But now it's time to win the White House for the Democrats in November.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/02/1096272.aspx

[flor de jasmim]

1. Guess that means he won't be campaigning for Obama, eh?

[lsusteel]

2. I thought that too...

But I think you can make the case that campaigning for "the other guy" is a different type of campaign than campaigning for your wife.

[Tom Rinaldo]

20. Or campaigning against another Democrat in a primary...

is different from campaigning against a Republican in a general election. That's what I want to hear in it anyway.

[peoli]

4. hope not.

[blm]

10. Bill spent June-July2004 book tour defending Bush from the left's criticisms of Bush's terrorism

and Iraq war strategy. Of course, the man leading the attacks on Bush at the time was our Dem nominee.


Obama should NOT trust ANYONE from the Clinton group.
http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=13354


http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/19/clinton.iraq/


http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2006/oct/07/did_carville_tip_bush_off_to_kerry_strategy_woodward



Obama doesn't NEED Clinton's type of campaigning - it's all backhanded at best when it concerns any other Democrat, while they manage to heap praise on their Republican friends like Bushes and McCain.

[AZBlue]

26. I'd rather he didn't - he's been a disaster for Hillary, who knows what he'd say for Obama.

[PoliticalAmazon]

27. EXACTLY. I hope I NEVER see or hear Bill Clinton again. n/t

[Doityourself]

3. Bill recognizes it's over. He's an astute politician.

[peoli]

7. yeah hes a sharp one. its been over for months.

[Doityourself]

13. lmao..

[boobooday]

5. Thanks Bill. Have a great retirement. You deserve it.

Let us get on with it. You did what you could.

[olkaz]

6. Thank god.

We're almost free.

[Imagevision]

8. Hold on Bill, we do expect some schtumping for Obama dude!

[LynneSin]

9. I hope this means no more Hillary runs for president

:woohoo:

She burnt too many bridges for my tastes

[pbca]

21. I don't think she'll run again

She played every card and called in every favor - beyond that she now owes so many favors that just paying off the interest on all those favors will keep her busy for a decade. Unless Chelsea runs the Clinton's are finished.

[grantcart]

11. I guess Dee Dee Myers and family are no longer on the Christmas list

This is in response to the Vanity Fair article outlining his new 'girlfriends' written by Dee Dee Myers husband.

[Lerkfish]

12. well, apparently Hillary hasn't gotten the memo

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/02/democrats.race/index.html

[jaxx]

14. I think it was a nice statement.

And Barack Obama will welcome the Clintons campaigning for him.

[grantcart]

15. just quoted on FOX

[southern_belle]

16. I'll believe it when I see it!

:(

[oldpol]

17. sounds like a concession from the Big Dog

Gobama!

[doublethink]

18. Sounds like they are reaching for the towel and about to throw it in the ring.

Cool. :)

[ErinBerin84]

19. interesting!

Sadly, I can see her campaign backing off from it and saying "Uh, he just means, the primary campaign! General election here we come!"

[Exultant Democracy]

22. If he doesn't campaign for Obama then everything bad that we thought was true.

[Maribelle]

23. ha ha ha You link to a Hate Hillary site, where the comments endlessly bash our President Clinton...

and you ask for WHAT? :rofl:

[Divernan]

24. That depends on your definition of "this kind" - the Clintons live by a "read the fine print" motto

[Bleacher Creature]

25. As someone who's still pretty angry at the Clintons, I don't read too much into this.

All he's saying is that he won't be involved in a campaign -- the same way he wasn't involved in 2000 or 2004. I'm sure he'll attend campaign events with Obama, but he won't actually be part of the campaign.