Bill Clinton spent a September 2007 weekend stumping for his wife in Iowa and New Hampshire, the state where his own 1992 presidential campaign had been rescued from collapse.
Playing warm-up speaker on Hillary's kickoff tour ahead of the first party nominating contests, Clinton argued that no other Democrat matched her qualifications for the presidency, stopping short of naming rivals Barack Obama or John Edwards. Hillary's own stump speech framed her candidacy as a call for a new political era, drawing on skills developed during the Clinton White House years.
Clinton dismissed warnings that his wife's presence on the ticket would drive Republicans to the polls in record numbers. "This electability thing is a canard," he told audiences, urging them to judge candidates on merit alone.
To counter any suggestion of dynastic entitlement, Clinton emphasized their shared working-class origins in Arkansas and Illinois, and cited testimonials from a New York firefighter and upstate farmers as evidence that Hillary had stayed connected to ordinary voters during her Senate tenure.
Clinton, who released a new book that week and runs a global health foundation, told crowds the White House's privileges can isolate a president, framing it as a reason to pick someone who would remain grounded.
Historical summary. TurkishPress restated this wire report, first published in September 2007, in its own words.