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Bill Clinton: Hillary Didn't Tell Me About bin Laden

White House did, he reveals to Ellen DeGeneres

(Newser) - So much for spousal privilege. On the first anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death, Hillary Clinton yesterday revealed that her husband had no idea the raid was going on. Today on the Ellen DeGeneres Show the former president himself backs that up in a discussion about how he found...

Top 5 Political Apologies of All Time

Bill Clinton, Tom Feeney make Politico's list

(Newser) - Freshman Democratic Rep. David Cicilline swallowed hard a couple of weeks ago and apologized for his financial blunders back when he was mayor of Providence, Rhode Island—which inspired Politico to recall their favorite all-time political apologies. Among them:
  • Former Florida Rep. Tom Feeney: His 2003 golfing trip to Scotland
...

Obama Ad: Mitt Wouldn't Have Killed bin Laden

Romney calls new ad divisive

(Newser) - The Obama campaign turned heads today with a new video that strongly implies Mitt Romney wouldn't have ordered the raid killing Osama bin Laden. The video starts off innocuously enough, with Bill Clinton praising Obama's decision to go after bin Laden. "He took the harder and the...

Bill Clinton: Smear Romney as a Dirty ... Conservative?


 Bill Clinton: 
 Smear Romney 
 as a Dirty ... 
 Conservative? 
OBAMA's NEW STRATEGIST
Apr 23, 2012 11:56 AM CDT

Bill Clinton: Smear Romney as a Dirty ... Conservative?

Bill Clinton tweaks anti-Romney strategy

(Newser) - Forget branding Mitt Romney as the father of ObamaCare, a flip-flopper, or a champion Etch-a-Sketcher—just call him a conservative, says Bill Clinton. The former president is pushing the current one to adjust his campaign strategy against the likely Republican nominee: Where the Obama team has long knocked Romney for...

Little Rock Renames Airport for Clintons

Welcome to Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport

(Newser) - Little Rock is paying tribute to the Clintons by renaming the city airport in their honor, reports the Arkansas News . Once the FAA signs off on the switch, the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport will be in business. Airport receptionists already have begun using the new name, notes the...

Bill Clinton to Join Obama Fundraisers

Ex-prez to help Obama woo Wall Street donors

(Newser) - Bill Clinton has agreed to help President Obama grow his 2012 war chest. The 42nd president will be joining the 44th at a series of fundraisers in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, aimed mainly at the financial services industry, insiders tell Bloomberg. Considering how much Republican super PACs are...

Only Santorum 'Drubbing' Can Save GOP

Like Dems in 1980s, GOP has forgotten center: Joe Nocera

(Newser) - The Republicans need to nominate Rick Santorum, and not just because he would ensure President Obama's re-election. No, an even more important reason is that Santorum represents the most extreme wing of today's GOP, and only his nomination and "drubbing" will force the party to return to...

Clinton: Romney's Dad 'Turning Over in Grave'

Saving auto industry is Obama's greatest achievement, Bill says

(Newser) - Bill Clinton got personal yesterday while attacking Mitt Romney over his opposition to the auto industry bailout. "Every time I hear Mr. Romney talking about this I think his daddy must be turning over in his grave. We could not afford to lose a million and a half to...

PBS Clinton Documentary Has Lewinsky in Spotlight

Two-part series begins airing Monday

(Newser) - PBS begins airing a two-part documentary on Bill Clinton's presidency Monday night, with much of the early press focusing on its coverage of the Monica Lewinsky affair. Many advisers speak publicly about it for the first time, notes the Los Angeles Times , including Dick Morris: "When the Lewinsky...

Hey, GOP: Bring Back Our 2nd Party

 Hey, GOP: 
 Bring Back 
 Our 2nd Party 
Thomas Friedman
Feb 12, 2012 1:17 PM CST

Hey, GOP: Bring Back Our 2nd Party

GOP as useless as 7 vowels in Scrabble, needs new letters

(Newser) - Just like you get to throw in your tiles when Scrabble gives you seven useless vowels, so too do Republican voters keep picking again—and coming up with the same useless tiles, says Thomas Friedman in the New York Times . That's because the GOP is an out-of-date "captive...

Let&#39;s Revive Bill Clinton to Battle Gingrich
 Let Bill Clinton 
 Run Against Gingrich 
opinion
Jan 23, 2012 4:33 PM CST

Let Bill Clinton Run Against Gingrich

The Comeback Kid would trump Newt in debates: David Maraniss

(Newser) - If the GOP can revive Newt Gingrich from his political grave, Democrats are allowed to play retro too—and bring back Bill Clinton, David Maraniss writes in the Washington Post . True, "the law prohibits the Comeback Kid from coming back to serve a third term, and Obama might not...

DSK Story May Be Heading to Big Screen

Script deals with DSK, Berlusconi, Clinton, say sources

(Newser) - The sordid tale of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, as well as the sexual hijinks of Bill Clinton and Silvio Berlusconi, may soon be playing at a movie theater near you. Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani are being eyed as stars in a possible project involving Bad Lieutenant director Abel Ferrara and writer...

Best Black President? Still Might Be Clinton
Best Black President?
Still Might Be Clinton
L. Douglas Wilder
Dec 13, 2011 1:18 PM CST

Best Black President? Still Might Be Clinton

Obama has work to do to take that title: L. Douglas Wilder

(Newser) - When Bill Clinton got tagged as the nation's "first black president," L. Douglas Wilder—the first black governor of Virginia—never quite bought it. When Barack Obama got elected, Wilder figured the US finally had the real deal. Three years in, however, Wilder isn't so sure...

Chelsea Clinton Steps Out
 Chelsea 
 Clinton 
 Steps Out 
PROFILE
Dec 4, 2011 3:17 PM CST

Chelsea Clinton Steps Out

Former first daughter begins to embrace public life

(Newser) - She's the only child of one of the most powerful couples in American history, the gangly teen who has spent her life ducking the glare of the spotlight her parents craved, the bride whose wedding was watched as if she were royalty, and the would-be journalist whose latest gig...

Obama on AIDS: We Will 'Win This Fight'

US increasing spending on HIV treatment by $50 million

(Newser) - President Obama marked World AIDS Day with a promise of more money and increased attention both in the US and abroad, reports AP :
  • The US will increase spending on HIV treatment within its own borders by $50 million.
  • He promised to help 6 million people in hard-hit countries get access
...

Bill Clinton on Newt Gingrich: He Thinks
 Clinton on Gingrich: He Thinks 
Nov 27, 2011 12:31 PM CST

Clinton on Gingrich: He Thinks

Ex-president predicted his old foe would surge

(Newser) - Disagreements between Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton ground the federal government to a halt more than once, so it's a little unusual to hear the former president giving his old foe props. Clinton tells Newsmax that the former House speaker is surging in the polls because "he’s...

Gingrich: Don't Compare My Affair to Bill Clinton's

Candidate's website takes on some of the seedier knocks against him

(Newser) - Another sign that he is indeed a contender in the world of modern politics: Newt Gingrich's website has added a page intended to act as a sort of scandal deflector, notes Politico . It takes on some of the common "attacks" being leveled against him, including those under a...

Bill Clinton: Give Presidents a Third Term

 Clinton: Give 
 Presidents 
 3rd Term 
in case you missed it
Nov 12, 2011 11:40 AM CST

Clinton: Give Presidents 3rd Term

But not him, he tells Joe Scarborough

(Newser) - Bill Clinton thinks presidents should be able to serve more than two terms—not that he’s thinking of himself or anything. Clinton appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe this week to promote his new book, and in a brief exchange that caught Politico ’s eye was asked if...

Keith Richards Wins Distinguished Memoir Prize

Bill Clinton introduces Mailer Prize-winning Rolling Stone

(Newser) - In a scene that would have made a lot of people in the '60s think they were tripping, Keith Richards stood before a highbrow crowd at a Manhattan hotel last night to accept the Mailer Prize for Distinguished Biography. The Rolling Stones guitarist joked, chuckled, and swore as he...

Clinton 'Gently Dings' Obama in New Book

He faults strategy on debt ceiling

(Newser) - Bill Clinton thinks the country is "a mess" right now, and while he mostly blames conservatives' anti-government views, he also "gently dings" President Obama for some miscues in his new book, reports the AP . For one thing, Clinton says he was able to persuade the rich to pay...

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