FIRST MAN
BILL: HOW I’LL SUPPORT HILL’S RUN
By MAGGIE HABERMAN
January 23, 2007 -- Former President Bill Clinton, speaking for the first time since his wife declared her 2008 candidacy for the White House, said last night that he's ready for his "supporting role" in her historic bid to follow in his footsteps.
"I'll do whatever I'm asked to do," the ex-president said of the campaign launched by his senator wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.).
"I am very proud of my wife. So is her daughter. I wish her well," the former prez gushed. "I can only tell you that I know her better than anybody on Earth, and she's got the best combination of mind and heart, the ability to lead and learn, to stand fast . . . and to make honorable agreements with people who disagree with her, than anybody I've known."...
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The comments by the charming former president - still an extremely popular figure with powerful Democrats across the country - were a signal he's willing to pass the torch to his wife....
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Her husband, speaking to the politico-packed room at the posh Four Seasons, heaped praise on his wife by noting her past tremendous, vote-getting victories in traditionally Republican counties in a state that President Bush won just a few years ago....
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