Bill Clinton, on the road again for Hillary

The trail to her party's presidential nomination may be more rugged than ever for Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, but her husband still has roads to travel before he rests.

That would be country roads, in keeping with the niche that Bill Clinton has comfortably settled into as his wife's campaign surrogate.

She made a brief campaign foray Wednesday into West Virginia, site next Tuesday of one of the dwindling number of Democratic primaries. He follows up today with a five-stop trek.

The former president starts out in Philippi (2000 population: 2,870). Then it's on to Sutton (1,011 folks, as of eight years ago), Fayetteville (2,754) and Fairlea (1,706). He winds up his day in a veritable metropolis -- Bluefield (teeming with 11,451 residents, as of 2000).

Chances are it will be more of the same over the next few days. But in case he needs any help with his itinerary, the always witty Howard Mortman has some suggestions here.

-- Don Frederick

May 08, 2008 in Campaigning, Candidate spouses, Democratic Politics, Presidential Campaign | Permalink

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Clinton Psychology 101:

Will Bill Clinton be traveling into West Virginia's country roads alone?

a) Yes

b) No

c) what's the literal meaning of "traveling"?

d) all of the above

Posted by: robinia | May 08, 2008 at 07:47 AM

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Don Frederick has served as an editor helping guide coverage of every presidential election since 1984. He is a third-generation Washingtonian, so watching the political world comes naturally to him.

A graduate of Northwestern University, he was a reporter for newspapers in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas before joining the (now-defunct) Los Angeles Herald Examiner in 1983. Hired by The Times in 1989, he has worked in its Washington bureau since 1996 — a perch providing him a close-up view of the impeachment of President Clinton, the government's response to 9/11 and the day-to-day wrangling of the two major parties.

Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000.

A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.