The headline over Dallas Morning News blogger Rodger Jones’s post asks: Does Bill Clinton helpĀ Van de Putte more than Michelle Obama helps Wendy Davis?
Well, duh? Do ya think?
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The 42nd president has endorsed Democratic lieutenant nominee Leticia Van de Putte. Meanwhile, first lady Michelle Obama has recorded a radio ad for another Democrat, the nominee for governor, Wendy Davis.
With all due respect to the first lady, who I consider to be profoundly successful in her role, she ain’t no Bill Clinton.
President Clinton is a genuine political rock star. He’s the 800-pound gorilla in any political setting imaginable. He can walk into deeply red Republican regions — as he did in 2008 when he campaigned in Amarillo for his wife’s bid to become president — and pack ’em in.
Jones refers to Clinton as “Bubba,” and his endorsement amounts to a “seal of approval.”
Van de Putte will need all the help she can get in her uphill fight against Republican nominee — and fellow state senator — Dan Patrick. Clinton’s standing as the leading Democrat in the nation — yes, even more than the man who now occupies his old office in the White House — gives any candidate who receives his blessing maximum oomph.
It’s an astonishing comeback for the second president ever to be impeached. The Senate acquitted him of those politically motivated charges relating to his misbehavior in the White House. It didn’t take long at all for the president to regain his standing among many Americans.
And in the 13 years since his leaving office, that standing has grown almost beyond all recognition.
Will his endorsement put Van de Putte over the top? I doubt it. Still, she isn’t going to erase this “seal of approval.”