https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/09/25/the-second-reason-bill-clinton-wants-obama-to-lose/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 15:18:50 -0400<![CDATA[For many months now we have been treated to Bill Clinton&#8217;s intermittent displeasure with Barack Obama. Sometimes it has been overt, sometimes covert.  Most recently, while being fawned over by the ladies at The View, he allowed as how Hillary did not really want the vice-presidential nomination after all. (This makes sense to me, by the way.)  At the Democratic Convention, he delivered a far better speech than the candidate, showing up the less experienced Illinois Senator without really doing anything for his presidential campaign.  In fact, he seems to speak more postively of McCain&#8211;especially off the cuff&#8211;only  the other day lavishing praise on the Arizonan and defending his decision to skip the first debate to work on the financial crisis with an obvious fact most of us had forgotten &#8211; McCain had previously asked Obama for repeated, even constant debates, which the Democratic candidate refused. (The mainstream media made nothing of this, needless to say.)  Indeed it seems Clinton wants Obama to lose.]]>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:39:50 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2008/09/25/the-second-reason-bill-clinton-wants-obama-to-lose-n216276