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WASHINGTON: Former President Bill Clinton on Thursday
said he was willing to campaign for White House hopeful Barack Obama,
who defeated his wife Hillary in a sometimes bitter Democratic
nomination race.
Asked by reporters if he would
campaign for Obama, who aims to become America’s first black
president, Clinton said: “Whenever he asks.”
“He’s busier than I am on
politics anyway,” he said.
Clinton told reporters he had a
“good talk” with Obama following his wife and Obama’s marathon
and epic-like nomination battle.
Clinton and Obama spoke by
telephone on June 30 in an effort to mend fences, three days after
Hillary Clinton and the presumptive Democratic nominee appeared
publicly for the first time in a show of party unity.
Reports last month said that
despite his wife’s vow to do whatever she could to make Obama the
next president, Bill Clinton was still nursing anger over the
campaign, in which he was accused of playing the race card to boost
Hillary’s chances.
The former president remains a
hero to many grass roots Democrats, and could possibly help Obama in
his quest to win over working class whites in key swing states that
backed Hillary Clinton in the primary race.
Senior Democrats have long feared
that lingering rancor between Obama and Clinton supporters could
provide an advantage to Republican White House hopeful Sen. John
McCain.
Bill Clinton was in New York
Thursday to promote an initiative from his foundation to reduce the
prices of malaria medication.
--AFP
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