Bill Clinton: Hillary Can Be the 'Comeback Kid'

[Herman Munster]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/01/bill-clinton-sa.html

ABC News' Kate Snow Reports: Bill Clinton says his wife can be a “comeback kid” just like he was.

"Absolutely," President Clinton said in a brief interview with ABC News.

"Remember I lost here," Clinton added, referring to New Hampshire. (Bill Clinton placed second in New Hampshire in 1992 behind Paul Tsongas.)

He then quickly listed off his other losses from memory: "South Dakota, Maine, Maryland, Colorado, before I ever won a state," he said.

So what can Hillary Clinton do to come back?

"Run that hard here," said her husband. "She's got a better profile here. They know more about her now than they did about me then. And I think she'll be fine. We just get out and go."

Bill Clinton did express one concern about the shortened time frame for campaigning in New Hampshire. New Hampshire's primary is next Tuesday, January 8-- just five days after the Iowa caucuses.

"I just wish we had ten days instead of five," Clinton said.

[JVS]

1. I see her more as the deflated front-runner. Not unlike what happened to Dean.

She'd better be careful not to do anything that would sound "shril" or otherwise mockable by the media, or she'll be knocked over

[Sulawesi]

2. "I just wish we had ten days instead of five," Clinton said.

Why? What does it matter? He just pointed out that he lost in NH and all those other places and won.