Lanny Davis on FOX just stated that Dean worked on behalf of the Obama campaign and nixed the NC debate.

He called for his resignation.

Lanny is on FIRE today.

you can't remember everything he's said?

I wonder how any of them remember who or where they are or what day of the week it is!

Interesting hypothetical question, a Hillary Clinton administration is about as likely as a John Edwards administration.

However, my guess is that Hillary would dispatch Bill as far away from the White House as possible, to shake hands in places such as Uzbekistan.

I am becoming increasingly a tin-foil-hat-wearer.  Is there any chance that Bill is (consciously or subconsciously) acting in a way to torpedo Hillary?  He was a very good president and despite some personal failings, he seems like a decent person.  

However, I wonder if he would ever be totally comfortable playing second fiddle to Hillary?  And he would be constantly compared to her and there would be a decent chance she would be as good or better than him (because of having strong control of Congress).  

This sounds crazy even as I write it, but what other explanation is there for a tremendous career politician suddenly acting in a way that makes him look like he's never run for anything?

I think he just doesn't understand the modern movement. That is, the internets. He was a master of the old game, but that game is passing by now and while this seems little more than a flat out lie, the real issue is the playing field he mastered is no longer operative.

It's like he's trying to play cricket on a baseball diamond.

In all seriousness, I think it is health related. He has not been as on top of his game since heart surgery, which is quite common. He really shouldn't be trying to keep up this pace.

I am wondering if Bill Clinton is not actually having some cognitive difficulties post his massive surgery and second surgery.  His quickness to anger, forgetfulness, and impulsive speech makes me wonder if there are some health issues there.

This is not by way of sarcasm or meanspiritedness, I look at him and really do think this may not be political inneptitude but rather some deeper problems.

Bill also dropped the $hit bomb on air:

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/ 2008/04/bill-clinton-ob.html

Maybe he just was tired of the "out of context" gotcha crap that Axlerod was using to imply that the Clintons were racists and that race is why they were running hard against Obama.

Actually a lot of us are tired of that game.  The Obama folks were livid when their candidate was taken out of context.  Yet they had been doing it all along.  Anyone with even one iota of knowledge of history knows neither Clinton is or ever has been racist.  Axlerod's decision to make out the Clintons to be racist based on any and everything said by any supporter, and by out of context quotes was pure rovian...attack them on their strengths.  

Maybe Bill was sick of it.  A lot of us are.

uhhhh....talk about splicing....

heelloooo....Interviewer" "do you think that was a mistake".  

BLOGGER  WAS WHAT A MISTAKE?  Talk about clipping  

how embarrassing....

...lets just get this tiny piece  "race"  omg

this was the shortest piece, even worse than someone claiming  "he said, yea, yea, I'm guilty" and the interview claiming "see, he's the real Osama Bin Forgotten, he just admitted it" (snark....if I needed that........by this example, I would say, YES)

of this cycle has been how badly run the Clinton campaign has been.

The second has how ineffective Bill has been.

I don't get it.  These people used to know what they were doing.

I love Bill.  I agree that his health could be an issue.  At this point I just kind of look at him as being the "comic relief" sometimes.  He doesn't seem to be mean spirited about it for the most part.  I think he is just trying to help.

seriously leave the old man alone... its not enough that he's given you 8 yrs of democracy, you just want more dont you??

haa

I'm not sure trying to figure out what Bill Clinton was trying to achieve is such a good idea these days. He seems to be a few cans short of a 6 pack recently. That way lies madness

What I got out of reading the transcript of the WHYY radio interview was when they asked him about the comments he had made previously..Clinton told them to go back to the interview at the the time of the Jessie Jackson comment and see the question that was asked and his answer and that was spun out of context into something else and racist....NOT....to go back and look at the WHYY interview after the interview was concluded. Which is where this diary seemed to go.

As much as I loved the old Bill, if Clinton was Prex during the YouTube Era he would have been a one and done.

Folks should understand for Bill it's personal.
It's his wife..and yes he did have some amends to make.
I only hope that after the last primary. Sen. Clinton will make a gracious concession speech and our former President can return to his humanitarian efforts..(and make a bunch of bucks if he wants)

Back around SC when the Primary was still in doubt he pissed me off. It does not matter now, at least to me. He hasn't lost in a long time, it can't be easy.
I am not saddened to see the passing of the DLC...

Maybe Bill doesn't really want to be the first First Husband.

funny how we are supposed to give a pass to obama& his preachers rancid rhetoric, but we must parse every word of clinton

he told the truth then backed off of it, bill clinton is not a racist, hillary is not a racist, i dearly believe i am not a racist, but it seems that branding the clintons and, indirectly their supporters, as racists is guaranteed to result in electoral disaster come november

we clintonistias, we may not be as smart as some of you smart guys, but we do loyalty pretty damn good

how does one campaign against the first real live realistic black candidate for president WITHOUT there being linquistic and other kinds of snafus...the clintons are being blamed for doing the same thing dozens of candidates have done for decades, they fight catch as catch can, and this incessant tiptoeing around the idea bubba is a racist, well, if that is how far into space the obamites have gone, it really is too late for you

Bill Clinton has some sort of mental problem. I am not trying to insult him here. It is clear that his memory is failing him, and that is only getting worse. I think he should withdraw from the campaign.

This is a non story.  He's probably not sleeping.

But for the record, he was right yesterday.

Man - that diary was removed with light speed!

wrong with what Bill said.  He's 100% correct.

The Obama campaign has played the race card since day one.

I really love the guy, but every time he whines on this issue, HRC loses another point or two.  Suck it up, Bill!  

Fair or foul, the excellent civil rights rep he has worked so hard to attain has been tarnished and the only way to fix that is to move forward and do good work, not gripe and groan about it.

racist. President Clinton said yesterday that "They" played the race card on him. He did not say "Obama" played the race card.

However, Obama himself did play the race card yesterday in my opinion.

This is one more reason Obama will have a hell of a time trying to win the presidency. He keeps puting down President Clinton. He had to open his big mouth again and suggest that there was something wrong about an advocate advocating for his candidate.

Anyone who thinks there is ANYTHING wrong with what Clinton said needs their head examined. ANYONE who says that Clinton was playing the race card will lose my support. It is pure nonsense. There is no secret code. It is a very straight-forward and appropriate comment.

Obama might actually have been able to buy PA. If he did, the race is over. The way I feel now I will not support the clown. If I was him I would keep his mouth shut about Clinton. The man keeps fanning racial flames. Obama himself is doing this. I am amazed.

because the man had the temerity to advocate for his wife, then that says more about the people who are making that judgement then Clinton.

Republicans are seeing the treatment of a man (Clinton) who had a strong civil rights record, did great for blacks in terms of education, low unemployment, increased funding for low interest college loans, etc. Since leaving office the man's foundation has provided AIDS medicine for millions of people in Africa. This is the man the left and the African American community wants to throw under the bus? Well, if that's the case you lost me as a supporter.

I hold Obama responsible for this travesty. He is saying one thing when the cameras are rolling and then plays the political game as dirty as it is played.

Tarring President Clinton and Senator Clinton as racists might have gotten Obama short-term results, but I'd like to see how he does in the general election. I've already seen the commercials the Repub's will be rolling out and it proves my point that Hillary has been far too kind to Obama.

jonathan, just stop, okay?  don't even go there unless you want to get into obama's despicable 4-page memo.  why don't you start advocating what's good about obama, instead of making this a campaign to kill the clintons?  i appreciate it, thanks.