In 2010 and 2012, Bill Clinton, as surrogate for Hillary, campaigned
for Democrats who supported her in 2008 while she, as secretary of state
was unable to participate in politics. Newly freed of that status,
however, Hillary Clinton's is the endorsement many would love to claim.
In California a few weeks ago to pick up an award, Bill Clinton
endorsed and did a bit of campaigning for Los Angeles mayoral candidate
Wendy Greuel, a Clinton Dem who is
running against Obama Dem Eric Garcetti,
while neatly excusing Hillary from stepping into the fray.
If
friends on the other coast are benefiting from Clinton charisma, those
in New York, with whom an exhausted Senator Clinton expected to
reacquaint herself following her 2008 presidential primary and
subsequent campaign for the Obama-Biden ticket, will not be receiving
any Clinton endorsements during the mayoral primary in New York City.
With
Anthony Weiner's expected entry into the mayoral campaign possibly
today via a video shot on his childhood front stoop with his wife Huma
at his side, both Clintons have declined making NYC endorsements citing
too many friends in the race.
BY Celeste Katz
The Clintons will keep mum in the Democratic primary for mayor.
Former
President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
have personal histories with several contenders in the packed race.
But their tandem statements come as Anthony Weiner,
husband of longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, is widely
expected to go to the videotape in launching a redemptive comeback.
"President
Clinton has too many friends in this race who have been good to him and
his family," spokesman Matt McKenna told the Daily News. "He wishes
them all well, but won't be getting involved."
Nick Merrill, a
spokesman for the former First Lady and senator, similarly said
"Secretary Clinton knows all of the candidates, she has worked with many
of them, and is close with many of them, so won't be weighing in one
way or the other."
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So while it is clearly a political advantage to be able to claim the
power couple as friends, nothing guarantees their support in a
campaign, even when you are married to their surrogate daughter, your wife has worked for them, and the former president performed your marriage ceremony. Sometimes the field is simply too fraught.
