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The Other Clinton

"We need not just a new generation of leadership but a new gender of leadership" - Bill Clinton

The former president and First Husband-hopeful keeps busy stumping for Hillary and raising funds for the Clinton Global Initiative.

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August 2008
- Bill-Barack Hostility Casts Pall on Party
  
  Washington Post | Aug 27, 08 2:58 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bill Clinton won’t be at Barack Obama’s acceptance speech tomorrow night, CNN reports, in the latest sign that relations between the former and would-be president are still frosty. “Obama does not like Clinton, and Clinton knows it,” one longtime Clinton adviser told the Washington Post. The enmity likely cuts both ways; Clinton remains incensed that he was accused of race baiting in South Carolina. More »
- Bill Sad Over Hillary's Loss: Obama Adviser
  
  Politico | Aug 10, 08 6:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The buzz on John Edwards' love affair drowned out talk of Russia's conflict with Georgia on today's morning talk shows, Politico reports. On Fox News Sunday , an Obama campaign topdog said Bill Clinton is still reeling from his wife's primary loss, and Karl Rove claimed on Face the Nation that Obama would make "an intensely political choice, not a governing choice" for vice-presidential candidate. More »
- Report: Bill Will Speak at Convention
  
  MSNBC | Aug 7, 08 7:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bill Clinton has accepted an offer from the Barack Obama campaign to speak at the Democratic convention, MSNBC reports. Clinton reportedly will speak in a prime spot—on Wednesday evening just ahead of the vice-presidential candidate. The Obama camp rushed the offer into place to soothe tensions over the latest Obama-Clinton dust-up, in which Hillary suggested she may allow her name to be put up for nomination at the convention, MSNBC says. More »
- Bill: I Made Mistakes but I'm No Racist
  
  ABC News | Aug 4, 08 6:56 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Speaking in his first broadcast interview since the Democratic primaries, Bill Clinton conceded he made mistakes during his wife's presidential campaign, but declared to ABC News: “I am not a racist.” He said he has regrets about the campaign, but “not the ones you think"—though he refused to elaborate. More »
- Post-Primaries, Bill Hits Road to Recovery
  
  Washington Post | Aug 3, 08 11:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After a brutal primary race peppered with “YouTube moments” that tarnished his image, Bill Clinton is back to work, traveling through Africa in support of his charity. “This is my life now, and I was eager to get back to it,” the former president told the Washington Post in an interview. He said little about his campaign gaffes and kept praise of Barack Obama to a minimum. More »
July 2008
- Clinton Boosts Efforts to Fight Malaria, GOP
  
  Associated Press | Jul 17, 08 5:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bill Clinton's philanthropic foundation has struck a deal to keep a lid on the price of anti-malaria drugs, the AP reports. The former president today outlined a plan that would help limit wild fluctuation in the market for artemisinin, an extract key to treating malaria, which sickens 500 million a year. Six suppliers, and the UN, are on board, and Clinton hopes for more. More »
- How to Get His Groove Back
  
  Politico | Jul 5, 08 8:51 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After a nasty campaign, Bill Clinton has a serious image problem. But if he moves quickly, he can escape any long-term damage, reports Politico, which surveys experts in the field for advice on his behalf. “He needs to put this story behind him by Labor Day,” said one, and he should start by offering his sincere support to Obama. "Right now what he is doing is thinking about Bill Clinton. He has to put the party and country first.” Other advice: More »
June 2008
- Bill: Obama Can 'Kiss My Ass'
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jun 30, 08 2:13 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama and Bill Clinton spoke on the phone this morning, but earlier the ex-president privately told friends the future Democratic nominee must “kiss my ass" to win his full support, the Telegraph reports. Clinton remains “very unhopeful” Obama can win in November, another source says, and is still so peeved at perceived primary slights that his behavior is worrying friends. More »
- Ragtag Levees Leave Midwest Soaking
  
  New York Times | Jun 22, 08 10:18 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As the Midwest battles massive flooding, the New York Times looks at the region's patchwork of homemade levees—which fail to meet federal standards and tend to spring unexpected leaks. Bill Clinton's White House advised a uniform levy system 15 years ago, but the report was read and forgotten. “We told them there were going to be more floods like this,” an engineering professor said. More »
- Blogger on Trail Scoops MSM
  
  New Yorker | Jun 16, 08 7:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Two of the biggest recent campaign scoops—Barack Obama's "bitter" bomb and Bill Clinton's "scumbag" tirade—originated not with the mainstream media but with a 61-year-old Oakland resident who blogs for the Huffington Post. The New Yorker visits with Mayhill Fowler, who ruminates about her exclusives and expresses a few regrets. More »
- Bolting Clinton Fans? It's a GOP Myth
  
  New York Times | Jun 15, 08 6:27 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain's aggressive courtship of Hillary Clinton's female supporters shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, Frank Rich writes in the New York Times. "The fictional scenario of mobs of crazed women defecting to Mr. McCain" rather than Barack Obama fits right in with the "new bogus narrative" that ignores a plethora of statistics, which Rich runs down. More »
- Campaign Tarnishes Clintons' Legacy
  
  New York Times | Jun 9, 08 9:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary and Bill Clinton have led complicated public lives, but they’ve always been winners. Now Hillary’s defeat has jeopardized that legacy, thanks to a campaign that saw her repeatedly stretch the truth, invoke assassination, and lose African-American support. It’s one thing to employ questionable tactics and win, one supporter tells the New York Times . “It’s another to go flat-out in that mode and fail.” More »
- Clintons' Dream Has Finally Died
  
  Politico | Jun 7, 08 3:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bill and Hillary Clinton will stay on the political scene, but today marked the end of an era for America’s top power couple, John Harris writes in Politico. The Clintons have spent nearly 40 years fixated on the White House—it was the organizing principle of their lives together—and now, for Hillary, that dream is over. More »