Oct 27, 2010

Bill Clinton speaks to sparse crowd of unenthusiastic Democrats

WLS veteran political reporter Bill Cameron said the ‘get out the vote’ rally by Bill Clinton was the most unenthusiastic he has ever witnessed.

From a WLS report at the link below:

Democrats exit Clinton's 'get out the vote' rally as the former president drones on for an hour.

Clinton was an hour late for the Tuesday afternoon rally at the Palmer House and droned on for another hour, sending dozens of the few hundred Democrats in attendance for the exits.

The state's most popular Democrat Lisa Madigan was conspicuously absent as were state party chairman Mike Madigan and Mayor Richard Daley.

The Republicans said the Clinton visit put the Democrats failed tax and spend policies on display again.

Bill Clinton was in Chicago to rally Illinois Democrats behind Pat Quinn for governor and Alexi Giannoulias for Barack Obama's old U.S. Senate seat.

Maybe Quinn and Giannoulias need more help than Clinton can provide as both candidates are trailing in their races.

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