Have the Clintons Gotten Over It?

cnredd · #1 (**permalink**) 08-07-2008, 05:00 AM

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"For so many of my supporters, just like so many of Barack's supporters, this was a first-time investment of heart and soul and money and effort and sleepless nights and miles of travel," Clinton said. "You just don't turn it off like that."

Those comments — now playing in clips on YouTube—speak to not only the bruised feelings of Clinton's many supporters. Embedded in those remarks, say friends and advisers, are hints of Clinton's own feelings in the aftermath of a race in which she fought so hard and still fell short. In public, Clinton is doing everything she is asked — and then some — to help the man who defeated her get elected to the White House. She raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Obama from her extensive network of donors and has spoken to many of the groups, including key unions, that backed her in the primaries. She is set to hit the campaign trail on his behalf, starting with rallies and voter-registration drives this month in Nevada and Florida. "I'm doing all I know to do," she insists.

But behind the united front, says an adviser, "it's not a great relationship, and it's probably not going to become one." In private conversations, associates say, Clinton remains skeptical that Obama can win in the fall. That's a sentiment some other Democrats believe is not just a prediction but a wish, because it would prove her right about his weaknesses as a general-election candidate and possibly pave the way for her to run again in 2012. Clinton is also annoyed that Obama has yet to deliver on his end of an informal bargain, reached as part of their truce, that each would raise $500,000 for the other. "Hillary has done her part in that regard," says an adviser. "Obama has not."

Awhile ago, I heard on TV that the Clinton plan is to sabatoge Obama in this election cycle so Hillary can go against McCain personally in 2012...

I used to think that was just conspiracy, but I'm starting to find some credibility in it...

Mikeyy · #2 (**permalink**) 08-07-2008, 10:00 AM

I think Bill is hedging his bets in case Obama screws the pooch. Hillary has been doing alright. But Bill is a different thing.

Michael1 · #3 (**permalink**) 08-07-2008, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikeyy

I think Bill is hedging his bets in case Obama screws the pooch. Hillary has been doing alright. But Bill is a different thing.

I think Bill is going to be dead in 4 years. He looks worse than Jimmy Carter.

... of course, a dead Bill Clinton might be just what puts Hillary over the top next time around.

faithful_servant · #4 (**permalink**) 08-07-2008, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael1

I think Bill is going to be dead in 4 years. He looks worse than Jimmy Carter.

... of course, a dead Bill Clinton might be just what puts Hillary over the top next time around.

A quick peek under the Clinton's sink revealed:

I think Bill may need a food taster... Any volunteers???

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