Bill Clinton: Serious Distraction To Hillary Clinton’s Campaign?

Published: January 18, 2008, 1:06 am

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Several news stories including one in The New York Times underscore what this site has been saying for some time: former President Bill Clinton is emerging as a distraction in Senator Hillary Clinton’s 2008 Democratic nomination campaign — sucking up media attention and dominating the stage in increasingly testy and potentially divisive-for-Democrats public appearances. Here’s the latest from the Times —- and there’s a recent video below so you can judge for yourself: Hillary Rodham Clinton may be the spouse running for office, but it is more Bill Clinton who appears to be feeling the heat. After weeks of complaining publicly about Barack Obama's record, the news media's coverage of the Democratic presidential race, or both, Mr. Clinton on Wednesday ripped into a television reporter who had asked him about a Nevada lawsuit concerning participation in the state's caucuses this Saturday. Mr. Clinton believed the question had seemed sympathetic to

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