Bill Clinton plays Bill Richardson like he did Chris Wallace at CDP Convention

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

That's a lot of names there, huh? I was thinking about throwing Carole Migden in there as well, but decided to limit myself. At any rate, former President Clinton went off at the mere mention of Governor Bill Richardson. From Matier and Ross:

The Bill Clinton who met privately with California's superdelegates at last weekend's state convention was a far cry from the congenial former president who afterward publicly urged fellow Democrats to "chill out" over the race between his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Barack Obama.

In fact, before his speech Clinton had one of his famous meltdowns Sunday, blasting away at former presidential contender Bill Richardson for having endorsed Obama, the media and the entire nomination process.

"It was one of the worst political meetings I have ever attended," one superdelegate said.

Apparently, Rachel Binah of Mendocino County brought up the New Mexico Governor's name, and Bill went off.  CDP Chair Art Torres reportedly called Binah to apologize for the former President. I don't know what's going on with President Clinton, but perhaps he needs more sleep or something. It's clear the pressures of the campaign are getting to him in a way totally unlike the 1992 campaign.

The Clinton campaign is shunting the former President off to minor markets where the locals in the media and the activist set are just excited to see somebody of that character. Clinton himself titled his new role as "rural hitman." Perhaps they have yoga studio in South Bend, IN where he could "just chill out."