{"id":8666,"date":"2012-08-24T10:13:44","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T17:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8666"},"modified":"2012-08-24T10:13:44","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T17:13:44","slug":"clinton-for-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/24\/clinton-for-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinton for Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republicans have been trying to use Bill Clinton against Obama by promoting the lie that Obama took the work out of Clinton\u2019s workfare.  The Obama campaign countered by featuring Bill Clinton in a truthful ad that Republicans have no plan to put America back to work, but Obama does.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"24Clinton\"It must really piss off Republicans, but Bill Clinton is hugely popular<\/a>, so using him to campaign for Obama is just good politics…<\/p>\n

…It’s especially smart to use him in this spot, which is targeting middle class voters. Right now, they prefer the Democratic ticket 52-42 over the Romney-Ryan<\/a>, and the Democrats clearly think they can build on that margin now that Paul Ryan and his zeal for slashing middle and working class programs is on the ticket. And very few politicians can articulate the issues as clearly and compellingly as Clinton.<\/p>\n

One unfortunate thing to note about the ad is that it was President Clinton who signed the Gramm-Leach-Billey Act<\/a> which repealed Glass-Steagall, as well as the Commodity Futures Modernization Act<\/a>, which deregulated the derivatives market. Clinton, to his credit, later admitted that was a mistake.<\/a> …<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Crooks and Liars<\/a>><\/p>\n

Photo credit: Salon.com<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the video:<\/font><\/p>\n