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Bill hurt Hillary's candidacy, damaged his legacy
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 Bill hurt Hillary's candidacy, damaged his legacy
By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan BLOOMBERG - When Hillary Clinton launched her presidential bid 17 months ago, her husband -- with his formidable political talents and popularity among Democrats nostalgic for the 1990s -- was seen as her greatest strength.By the close of the primaries yesterday, with his wife's White House hopes dashed by an unexpectedly strong challenger, Bill Clinton had become at least as well-known for his hot- tempered outbursts that hurt her candidacy and damaged his own legacy.
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By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan BLOOMBERG - When Hillary Clinton launched her presidential bid 17 months ago, her husband -- with his formidable political talents and popularity among Democrats nostalgic for the 1990s -- was seen as her greatest strength.By the close of the primaries yesterday, with his wife's White House hopes dashed by an unexpectedly strong challenger, Bill Clinton had become at least as well-known for his hot- tempered outbursts that hurt her candidacy and damaged his own legacy.``He was a huge asset in getting her to the starting gate,'' said Stuart Rothenberg, editor of the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report. ``Once the campaign began, he became much more of a mixed blessing, and at times a problem.''Clinton hit the campaign trail almost daily since Jan. 3, when his wife's candidacy was imperiled by Illinois Senator Barack Obama's upset victory in Iowa. He minced no words in attacking her rival, as well as the press for giving Obama, 46, what he said was fawning and uncritical coverage.Those efforts backfired, generating negative media attention, offending blacks and other constituents that Bill Clinton, 61, had promised to deliver, and alienating Democratic Party leaders.Bill Galston, a former domestic policy aide in the Clinton White House, said the former president may have hurt Senator Clinton's candidacy by ``half a dozen highly visible incidents where his commitment to his wife and her campaign led him to say honest and passionate things that on sober reflection he probably wished he hadn't said.''Taking a HitBill Clinton's own popularity has also taken a beating. In a January NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, he got favorable ratings from a plurality of voters, including 78 percent of Democrats. By April, more voters had a negative view of him than a positive one, and his favorable ratings among Democrats had dropped, including among black voters.The first of several gaffes came just before the Jan. 8 New Hampshire primary, when he told a crowd at Dartmouth College that Obama's opposition to the Iraq War had been exaggerated.``Give me a break,'' Clinton said of Obama's record on the war since he joined the U.S. Senate. ``This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen.'' The remarks were widely misconstrued that he meant Obama's quest for the presidency itself was a ``fairy tale,'' and many blacks took offense.U.S. Representative James Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat and the highest-ranking black member of Congress who was neutral at the time, threatened to endorse Clinton's opponent.
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