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To: HPilot who wrote (114191)	2/4/2008 7:52:39 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

As popular as Mr. Clinton is among Democrats, there are warning signs that he needs to be managed. We posted a survey yesterday conducted by the Pew Research Center that said voters were increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of Mr. Clinton back in the White House, especially after his visible campaigning, which included attacks on Mr. Obama. The survey showed that Democrats were largely O.K. with his return. Republicans never liked the idea. The discouraging news, for the Clintons, came from independents. In October, just 35 percent of independents said they disliked the idea of Mr. Clinton “back in the White house.” Now, 45 percent dislike it. Within several hours of our post, 235 readers responded with comments, most but not all of them negative. Here’s a smattering of what they said: * “The American people do not want a co-presidency.” * “I believe President Clinton used his reputation as a former president in a way that was disreputable and self-serving. Not only did he engage in un-statesman-like behavior by attacking Senator Obama in an angry-toned way, but much of what President Clinton was saying was just plain untrue or misleading.” * “As someone who voted for Hillary in the N.Y. senate and for Clinton previously, I’m ready for someone new. I hate the idea of having 2 families (Bush/Clintons) running our country.” * “Bill is running around uncontrolled. If you believe Hillary, Bill won’t release the papers showing what she ‘accomplished’ when he was in the White House, even though she is claiming this as ‘experience.’ He also is overshadowing her campaign, re his doing the concession speech recently while she was off elsewhere. Plus his going ballistic when she loses. What guarantee do we have that he won’t go nuts if something doesn’t go right when she is president?” * “Count me as a lifelong Democrat who was never comfortable with the idea of Bill Clinton returning to the White House as first spouse. After the past month, despite Bill’s good behavior, the idea of him back at 1600 has me positively squeamish. I believe Hillary could be a great president. She’s brilliant, capable, experienced, informed. Not enough for me. So could a lot of people. The fact that her husband was president for two terms disqualifies her in my book, plain and simple.” * “While I happily voted for Bill twice, and loved him as a president, I have lost so much respect for him now. I feel he showed me that he is more concerned with his own return to the W.H., than he is with making sure a Dem. gets there rather than another disastrous Rep.” * “To consider the effect of Bill Clinton in the White House one only need refer to the front page Times article of last Thursday by Jo Becker and Don Van Natta regarding his involvement in the nuclear mining deal in Kazahkstan. Huge amounts of money are changing hands for his library and foundation. Will this be a direct means to influence White House policy? Let’s see a full list of names of donors.” * “When it has been to her advantage, she has hinted strongly that her administration would be in many ways a continuation of her husband’s. South Carolina did not prove the Clintons to be racist (they are many things but not racist), but the episode did remind a lot of us of the Bill and Hillary circus of years past. To vote for H.R.C. is to vote for a ‘restoration’ and return to the circus.” * “Bill Clinton is one of the most gifted politicians in our history. You may not agree with his personal life, his marriage, or his politics. He is, however, brilliant and works every day to make America and the world a better place.” * “Bill is poison to the American people, never forget it was he alone who cleared the path for George Bush to the White House.” * “Bill Clinton is not running for president, Hillary is. She will be in charge. Anyone who thinks she won’t be must have been in a cave for the last 15 years.”

To: HPilot who wrote (114191)	2/4/2008 7:53:26 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

* “As an Independent, I voted for Clinton and, like many others, supported him during his impeachment/censure. Like Carter, Clinton seemed to be making the most out of his presidential prestige by attempting to address domestic and international issues and problems like access to AIDS vaccines. Fast forward to the present: I was sickened by the ways in which the Clintons have attacked Obama.”

To: HPilot who wrote (114191)	2/4/2008 7:56:22 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

When Mr. Clinton held lengthy town-hall meetings on behalf of his wife in South Carolina a couple of weeks ago, he was invariably asked about his role in his wife’s administration. He said he would not be in her cabinet because that would be illegal. (It's known as "the Bobby Kennedy law.") And he would say he did not want to “big foot” her vice president or secretary of state. He did say he might be involved in “selling the domestic program,” which sounds a lot like permanent campaigning, both on Capitol Hill and around the country. He also said he wanted to continue to work for his foundation. At one stop, in St. Helena Island, a questioner persisted in seeking clarification of his role. “I will be there for her,” Mr. Clinton said, “but I will not interrupt the ordinary functioning of her government and you should not want me to.” After the South Carolina primary, Mr. Clinton was reined in and held back from talking with voters and reporters. Instead, he sticks to a prepared script at rallies. His behavior, though, raised several questions and Mrs. Clinton clearly felt some need to address them. She made herself available for interviews, and she was often asked how she would control him. She said, in essence, that she would be in charge. But those interviews were fleeting and narrowly focused. If she becomes the nominee, the Republicans will surely go after her husband as much as they go after her, and she may find that she needs to more fully address the public’s concerns about her larger-than-life partner.