Hillary's 65th Campaign Appearance for Obama

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 08:45:35 PM EST
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain (all tags)

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Hillary made her 65th campaign appearance for Sen. Barack Obama in Aurora, Colorado today. Also on hand: Gov. Bill Ritter, Sen. Ken Salazar and Reps. Diana DeGette and Ed Perlmutter.

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Hillary's 65th Campaign Appearance for Obama | 44 comments (44 topical)

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She has been the definition of class (5.00 / 3) (#3)
by sef on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 08:56:51 PM EST

Hillary's performance since primaries has gone above and beyond the call of duty. In this classless era She has demonstrated a level of dignity and class -- when justifiably she could have been bitter and loathing -- that speaks volumes about the character of this lady.

: Not only in support of Obama (5.00 / 1) (#30)
by Amiss on Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 12:41:29 AM EST

But her support of ALL democrats running in this election. She simply amazes me and I truly admire her.

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: sorry about all the typos (none / 0) (#42)
by sef on Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 05:06:50 PM EST

Sorry about the typos, I think I hit send too fast.

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why (5.00 / 1) (#29)
by txpublicdefender on Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 12:33:40 AM EST

Why does every post about Hillary have to turn into a forum for berating Obama?

perhaps (5.00 / 2) (#35)
by echinopsia on Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 10:24:33 AM EST

because so many posts about Obama in the primary (and even now, not here but everywhere else) turned into forums for unjustly vilifying Hillary?

Just a guess.

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Does the world begin and end (none / 0) (#43)
by Iris on Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 07:05:56 PM EST

with the primaries? As Bill Clinton said, that campaign "generated so much heat, it increased global warming." But should we allow ourselves to become stuck in that moment, and fester those divisions by hurling recriminations at each other, or find a way to move forward together in a positive way? Surely, some Obama supporters from the primary needed to have some of their ideas about Hillary conformed to reality, but doesn't it work the other way around, too? Didn't some of us have some sloppy impressions of Barack and his campaign that didn't turn out to be accurate also?

Take health care. While we were bickering, McCain was forced to offer his phony $5k credit idea on health care to compete with the Obama and Hillary's plans, which both include a public component. If Obama wins this there is a mandate for health care reform at the federal level. Ditto for green jobs and FDR-like infrastructure spending. Take also the 'unity'/bipartisanship thing...Obama is openly campaigning on the Democratic brand now and thrashing the Republican one. Hillary is a centerpiece of the campaign, and if we keep working hard we could have a landslide in the White House & Congress (though vote suppression tactics/lawsuits loom large; this is where all those lawyers come in handy -- and a big thumbs up to Jennifer Brunner). Remember "it's not the map, it's the math"? Obama and Democrats generally are competing in states we never thought we'd see flip this year. Seems like we didn't know it all, after all. We're getting exactly what we wanted, and all some people can think about is attacking Obama. That's pretty sad.

I say let bygones be bygones and be "impervious" to this stuff as Hillary has been since day one. This election is about the future of the country, including the future of all the people out there who didn't spend all that time arguing on blogs during the primaries.

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: You're dreaming. (none / 0) (#45)
by echinopsia on Wed Oct 29, 2008 at 01:51:24 AM EST

There will be no effort for universal health care under Obama.

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She's just not doing enough! (4.00 / 3) (#1)
by ThatOneVoter on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 08:50:59 PM EST

Remember those 150 campaign appearances Teddy Kennedy made for Carter in 1980? Who could forget that?

No one can ever claim (5.00 / 3) (#2)
by BrassTacks on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 08:55:31 PM EST

That Hillary hasn't paid her dues to the party. I hope that our party remembers that in 2016.

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Don't count on it (5.00 / 2) (#25)
by kenosharick on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 11:02:30 PM EST

The many people in the media, in the party, and on the far left who suffer from CDS live in a completely irrational world when it comes to Hillary- and never give her credit for anything.

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No one can ever claim that my humor is too (none / 0) (#4)
by ThatOneVoter on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 09:00:37 PM EST

wet.

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LOL (none / 0) (#5)
by BrassTacks on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 09:09:47 PM EST

I knew that you were kidding, I was just agreeing with ya.

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I think they're both classy (1.00 / 2) (#26)
by lambert on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 11:06:16 PM EST

After all, Hillary wanted Obama killed, and yet Obama still lets her campaign for him.

How classy is that?

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Huh? (5.00 / 3) (#28)
by BrassTacks on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 11:21:18 PM EST

Is that supposed to be funny? It's not.

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It's supposed to be funny--and I get it. (5.00 / 1) (#40)
by kempis on Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 11:18:24 AM EST

Echoes from the howl that went up when Hillary referred to RFK's assassination are still ringing in my ears. It was something to see "Democrats" accusing her of hinting that Obama may be assassinated so....she should be the nominee. It was revolting. Now she's wonderful.

Politics makes people crazy.

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: P.S. to be clear, I DO think she's wonderful (none / 0) (#41)
by kempis on Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 11:20:00 AM EST

I'm just annoyed at those who now pretend that they never carried on like freepers in full-throated Clinton Derangement Syndrome during the primaries.

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Oh contrair... (5.00 / 2) (#6)
by stevea66 on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 09:20:52 PM EST

I may be wrong, but I think Hillary is doing just what the campaign would like her to do enough. I think they chose to chill out for a while immediately after the primaries and then gear it up for the final push. She must have been very disappointed, and lately she has been coming on strong, classy and smart. I think too much too fast would not have been a good idea. I do think Bill still shows signs of stress, but he really wanted Hillary to win. I think he really cares, despite his past wanderings.

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Of course Bill wanted to be (none / 0) (#7)
by BrassTacks on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 09:22:40 PM EST

Back in the White House. He could have played a big part in the Hillary Presidency. He would have loved that.

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Actually so would millions like me! (5.00 / 4) (#9)
by hairspray on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 09:38:54 PM EST

At a time when our nation faces almost insurmountable problems, Bill would have been an incredible resource. Eight years of Hillary as Pres and Obama as VP, followed by 8 years of Obama as president would have been so good for our country. Now we have the possibility of Obama as pres for 4 to 8 years followed by a Republican takeover if Obama isn't a miracle worker. It will be too late for Hillary then, she will be close to 70.

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All that outrage, lol!~ (5.00 / 4) (#12)
by nycstray on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 09:45:27 PM EST

I must say Tina and Amy really said it best on SNL about the Clintons back in the WH. Like THAT would be a bad thing! The most ridiculous "negative" against Hillary was "what about Bill?!!!", lol!~ Yeah, it would have totally sucked having THAT experienced, intelligent man around the President.

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Of course, the only thing (5.00 / 3) (#15)
by BrianJ on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 10:05:50 PM EST

Keeping him from being an incredibly valuable resource NOW and in 2009 is Obama's ego.

Sadly, I think you're right to dismiss the possibility- Obama strikes me as being as reflexively anti-Clinton as the guy he hopes to succeed, with similarly dismal results.

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I couldn't agree more (none / 0) (#23)
by BrassTacks on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 10:59:28 PM EST

I can't count how many times I've said to myself, if only Obama had waited his turn................but he's not known for doing that. I still don't feel like I know what he'll do as President. I felt confident about Hillary and the job she would do. I am still hesitant about Obama's Presidency. He could do a good job, or it could be really grim for the next 4 years. It could be Carter, part deux, complete with high interest rates, high inflation, higher taxes, and long gas lines. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

In 8 years, Hillary will be 68. That's not too old to run. Is it? I don't want to think that she and Bill won't try again.

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: Carter was a good President (5.00 / 2) (#32)
by MKS on Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 03:00:20 AM EST

His foreign policy was good....The disaster that he is blamed for was the taking of hostages in our embassy in Iran--but all the hostages came back alive....Compare that to the last 8 years...
The economy was plowed under by high oil prices....not Carter's fault....Carter's appointee to be Chairman of the Fed, Paul Volker (who is now advising Obama), broke the back of inflation in 1981-82....Reagan had nothing to do with it....
And Carter in effect cut off military aid to the military dictatorship in Guatemala....Reagan reversed that decision and the result was genocide.

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I think that's a misconception (5.00 / 2) (#10)
by nycstray on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 09:39:46 PM EST

I think he's made it pretty clear he's over Washington and prefers his Global charity work. If she was President, he would do whatever she asked, but he would be just as happy to be away while she did her job and he continued on with his work.

Same for her. She'll stay in the Senate where she feels she's more able to get things done. I suspect she may join him down the road, but for the near future, I don't expect to see her running for anything other than NY Senator.

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McCain's campaigning in Colorado? (none / 0) (#8)
by BrassTacks on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 09:25:57 PM EST

I thought it was said here that he was giving up on Colorado. Maybe I read that elsewhere.

And Palin sure hasn't given up. She will be in three different Virginia cities on Monday, from far northern Virginia, Loudoun county, to far southern VA.

McCain camp must think that they can still win both CO and Virginia. I think they're wrong on both.

Hillary has (5.00 / 1) (#16)
by JThomas on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 10:08:14 PM EST

been great on the campaign trail this fall for Obama. I am not going to rule out her running again in 2016. She will be younger than McCain by 4 full years and of course women have a longer life-span than men.
No way to predict it either way.

C'mon Colorado, Obama needs you.

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McCain can continue to waste... (5.00 / 0) (#37)
by MileHi Hawkeye on Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 10:32:58 AM EST

...time and money campaigning in Colorado. Its not going to buy him a win here.

The GOP has pulled their monetary support from their Senatorial (Schaffer) and Congressional (Musgrave) candidates. One is waaaaay behind in the polls (and a crappy candidate to begin with) and the other is too toxic in today's political climate.

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You read (none / 0) (#17)
by Jeralyn on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 10:08:33 PM EST

CNN reported it and McCain denied it.

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: Thanks! I did see it here (none / 0) (#22)
by BrassTacks on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 10:54:00 PM EST

I don't read CNN.

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They know that if Obama wins EITHER (none / 0) (#20)
by cal1942 on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 10:16:40 PM EST

Virginia or Colorado that he'll win.

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He lost me even more so (none / 0) (#13)
by nycstray on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 09:47:40 PM EST

when he was in a cover shot (SI, I think) and had such obvious ironed creases in his jeans. That sealed it for me ;)

Elway was originally drafted (none / 0) (#14)
by cal1942 on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 10:05:02 PM EST

by Buffalo.

He refused to sign and got traded to Denver.

I mean really; it snows in Buffalo, can't have a golden boy get his feet cold in such a gritty uncool place like that. You know, snow and factories and such and so much really old stuff.

What a man.

I'm from a gritty, snowy place where we still have factories and such.

What I have to say about John Elway can't be posted here. This is after all a family site.

I thought (none / 0) (#18)
by Steve M on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 10:10:40 PM EST

that it was the Colts, and not Buffalo.

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Archie Manning took notice (none / 0) (#31)
by MKS on Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 02:51:58 AM EST

and that is why Eli is in New York.

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: Yeah (none / 0) (#33)
by Steve M on Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 07:32:40 AM EST

Good thing he didn't want to play for that hopeless franchise in San Diego!

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You are correct... (none / 0) (#34)
by MileHi Hawkeye on Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 10:24:17 AM EST

...it was the Colts that drafted him, not the Bills.

I've always thought that he knew deep down inside that he could never stand to be compared to John Unitas.

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it doesn't snow here? (none / 0) (#19)
by Jeralyn on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 10:11:45 PM EST

John Elway went from football to car dealerships and now to steak houses. He has two very high end ones here that are very successful and get excellent reviews. One is in our new Ritz Carlton.

You may not like his politics but there's no reason to personally attack him.

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I forgot about that! (none / 0) (#21)
by nycstray on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 10:20:01 PM EST

I won't post my thoughts at the time {grin}

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I thought it was Baltimore, back when they (none / 0) (#24)
by BrassTacks on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 11:01:38 PM EST

Were still the Colts. Many Baltimore people saw Elmore's refusing to go there as the beginning of the end for the Baltimore Colts. Some are still quite bitter.

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Oops (none / 0) (#27)
by cal1942 on Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 11:11:25 PM EST

I guess it was the Colts.

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The die-hard old Colts fans... (none / 0) (#38)
by MileHi Hawkeye on Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 10:36:49 AM EST

...hate Elway for being a traitor. They're still bitter about the Irsay's stealing the team away in the middle of night.

The two aren't related.

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: Oh really? (none / 0) (#44)
by BrassTacks on Sun Oct 26, 2008 at 08:32:06 PM EST

That's not what my Baltimore inlaws say. They hate both of them and think one lead to the other. but everyone is welcome to their own hatreds.

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He was also very public... (none / 0) (#36)
by MileHi Hawkeye on Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 10:28:20 AM EST

...in his support of George Bush the Lesser. He is a wingnut through and through.

Not to mention he's dating an ex-Raiders cheerleader.

The Colorado GOP is counting on #7 to rescue them from the gutter. He is being touted as their next candidate for Governor.

First link repeats Denver post story (none / 0) (#39)
by kempis on Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 11:14:51 AM EST

I'd like to post elsewhere that Hillary has made 65 appearances for Obama, but I'll surely be challenged for proof. Is there a different link that substantiates this? Thanks.

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