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Jen the Michigander


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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jLzz37jT3wZjOeAFmrMqJ7u_3qMQD9G93BP85

If Reid wins reelection, he owes Bill Clinton bigtime. And that's probably why the Big Dawg is doing this. It's good that Bill is getting some experience in dealing with the Tea Party-- they will not be in Hillary's corner if she runs in 2012.

Clinton, considered one of the sharpest political minds of his generation, also urged Reid to avoid getting “ground down” by all the talk of this being an anti-incumbent, anti-Washington, anti-Democratic election year.

Clinton offered that advice and more in a brief interview with The Associated Press following a Thursday night rally on behalf of Reid. The two-term Democratic president has emerged from a political wilderness of sorts to become a popular campaign surrogate, long forgiven for 2008 outbursts that hurt the campaign of his wife, Hillary, and angered candidate Barack Obama.

Clinton is still basking in the glow of Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s victory Tuesday night in their home state of Arkansas, where he helped turn the Democratic runoff in her favor.

What lessons could Reid learn from Lincoln’s victory?

“First,” Clinton said, smiling, “never give up.”

Second, he said, don’t listen to political consultants who steer incumbents away from talking about their records. Jon Corzine followed that bad advice, Clinton said, and got bounced from the New Jersey governor’s office last year.

“Get out and tell the people what you’re doing and what you’ve done and remind them that this is a job,” Clinton told the AP. “I think you have to tell people you know why they are mad and you know why they are frustrated but the question is, What is the most productive thing to do with it?”

At the rally, Clinton told voters to channel that anger against Reid’s opponent, tea party favorite Sharron Angle, whom he accused of hiding from the spotlight because her positions are so extreme.

The former state legislator wants to phase out Social Security and backs the processing of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, a wildly unpopular notion in Nevada.

“I might,” Clinton said facetiously, “be hiding, too.”

In the interview, the former Arkansas governor who dubbed himself “The Comeback Kid” during his 1992 presidential run said Reid and other incumbents can’t get down on themselves.

“He needs not to be ground down by this,” Clinton said. “A lot of politicians are taking this personally. You have to take it seriously, but not personally.”

Back to Reid, the president said: “He needs to never forget that he loves the people who are mad at him, and he needs to never forget he spent a lifetime helping them.”

Chin up, Harry.

“He can’t stop believing that he’ll get their votes back,” Clinton said. “Never stop believing.”

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I can't stand that POS Reid. I know Bill's doing what he has to do, but damn! That's one Dem I wish he would have allowed to twist in the wind. I still hope Reid loses. Hate to see someone Bill backs bite the dust, but not Reid. He deserves to lose.

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freespirit wrote:

I can't stand that POS Reid. I know Bill's doing what he has to do, but damn! That's one Dem I wish he would have allowed to twist in the wind. I still hope Reid loses. Hate to see someone Bill backs bite the dust, but not Reid. He deserves to lose.


my hunch is Reid has bitched like crazy to Bill about how Obama's inertia on healthcare ,which left a 11 month vacuum to be filled by the gop and tea party, and resulted in Reid's polls dropping. Reid is pissed and kicking himself he stuck with O and not the Clintons. same with Pelosi. it is good they are crawling to us.

 



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I hope you're right, and Harry (and Nancy) recognize they are SOL without Bill's support. My guess is that Bill would do what the party needed, regardless. He and Hillary are team players, as they have to be. As much as it would probably be personally gratifying for them to throw these two jack asses under the bus, the Clintons understand politics, and will do what they have to do. I respect them for that. You can't take things too personally (at least publicly) when you're in politics. I fully expect Bill and Hill to support the party and the Dems running in Nov. But, I hope that behind closed doors, Big Dawg ripped Harry a new one. I would so love to see Harry kissing Bill feet, begging him to save his sorry a**. Can you just see those giant ears of his dragging the floor while his lips are planted firmly on Bill's shoes?lol



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