Patterico's Pontifications

5/5/2008

Bill Clinton Has Found His Niche

Filed under: 2008 Election — DRJ @ 4:46 pm



[Guest post by DRJ]

Bill Clinton has finally hit his stride as Hillary’s roving ambassador to small-town America.

ABC News describes Clinton’s recent visit to Marion, NC, population 4,900, where he delivered a “classic 40-minute stemwinder at the town’s historic train station” that focused on fond memories of his Presidency and 30 more minutes of hand-shaking and photos. He’s making 8 or more visit per day to towns like Marion, country towns where he feels comfortable. Most of these towns have never had a visit from a President.

Analysts say that the key was to get Bill Clinton in areas where his appearances generate significant local coverage but do not appeal to the national media where Bill might overshadow Hillary.

It may be too little, too late for Hillary’s campaign but small-town voters are Hillary’s best argument that she is more electable than Obama, especially since those voters enabled her to carry states like Texas and Pennsylvania.

— DRJ

3 Responses to “Bill Clinton Has Found His Niche”

  1. It would be a good thing if Bill stayed in small town America and never ventured into the spotlights again IMO.

    daleyrocks (906622)

  2. Interesting that the article uses “stemwinder” in a positive sense. These days it is often used to denote a boring affair. One of those words whose definition is changing 180 degrees – and right before our eyes.

    Pigilito (5d4652)

  3. I doubt any person under 40 or 50 even knows what stemwinding referred to originally. You wind a what? Why would you have to do that?

    Chances are the author had seen the word somewhere before, but at the time didn’t take the time to look up the actual meaning. Yet liked the old-timey sound, and while searching about for some colorful images, recalled it and threw it in for some small town America stylin’.

    allan (20daae)


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