U.S. politics: Bill Clinton stumps for Hillary in New Hampshire
She campaigned in Iowa Monday.
TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: Hi, Audie.
He also told “Face the Nation” that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton was “pandering to women” and that he has more respect for them than she does. And that’s where virtually every correspondent assigned to her campaign showed up. Bernie Sanders, in New Hampshire.
KEITH: At the Exeter Town Hall where Clinton spoke last night, the relatively small auditorium was packed to the rafters, standing room only with an overflow space filled as well.
Noting that the anti-Muslim rhetoric coming from Republican presidential candidates is “dangerous”, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for having a sense of unity and goal in combating terrorism.
The 42nd president made his first solo campaign appearance for his wife, Hillary Clinton, as he returned to the state he often kindly credits for launching the underdog Arkansas governor to the presidency.
“So obviously it was a big thing but as a businessman I would always stick up for various people whether they were friends or not because I many cases I needed them, I needed their votes to get things done”. It was just in one of the papers that he was paid about $8 million for various groups and companies and they were doing business directly with the State Department at that time.
CORNISH: Now, this might seem like an obvious question, but what are the risks for Hillary Clinton in bringing out Bill Clinton onto the campaign trail – right? Instead, the former president stayed very much on topic, the topic being his wife’s readiness for office.
The panel on MSNBC’s Morning Joe said Wednesday that Hillary Clinton does not have a clear campaign message or a rationale as to why is running for president. That’s when things happen.
From rescuing a faltering Northern Ireland peace process to paving the way for legislation to ensure children had health care, Mrs Clinton’s record had been one of solid achievement, the former president said.
Speaking softly but affectionately in a brief speech, the former president described the work Hillary Clinton did 40 years ago when the couple graduated from Yale Law, saying she opted to forgo high paying and prestigious jobs at a law firm in order to work at the Children’s Defense Fund. “He was impeached for heaven’s sake”.
KEITH: Woods came to the event with her daughter, Dakota Woods, who is in college studying political science. “I’m not supporting his wife”.
“I’m going to keep talking about what people talk to me about, and what they talk to me about is what are we going to do about prescription drug pricing”.
“Hillary is a strong woman who did very well as the wife to Bill Clinton with all the abuse and to see people jump at her for what she went through makes me support her more”, said Walker.