"Clinton is more popular than ever right now, notching a 67-29 percent favorable in one recent poll, which helps explain why Obama is eager to enlist him in what should be a tight general election campaign. There really is no modern precedent for a former president being so actively engaged in a national election so long after leaving the White House."
That's remarkably high approval for someone who governed. It's rather gutsy of the current Democratic President to use someone who's that much more popular than anyone else, including himself, since that guy could overshadow him. He is though, because he knows that the electorate just loves Clinton. If Clinton were running for President, he would win right now.
Clinton seems willing to use that capital too. He's using it to help President Obama. He used it in Pennsylvania to help Kathleen Kane and Mark Critz. He's not hiding back with his popularity. He's quite active with it.
So, I guess the question is, with his approval high, and his wife's high, will they use this capital to win the 2016 election?
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