Obama Seeks to Draw Donors With Bill Clinton’s Popularity
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Bill Clinton and Barack Obama closed the book on their 2008 rivalry for the first in a series of joint appearances by the 42nd and 44th U.S. presidents aimed at filling Obama’s campaign treasury.
Four years ago, Clinton dismissed Obama’s presidential candidacy a “fairy tale” while campaigning for his wife, Hillary Clinton, in the Democratic primaries. Last night, he lauded Obama’s accomplishments in office, including rescuing the economy from the worst recession since the 1930s, winning passage of a landmark health-care law and bailing out General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC.