Bill Clinton: The Master of Obama and Romney

There is something of a “marketing manager” in Bill Clinton; the fire that he lit at Charlotte’s Democratic convention is the most powerful launch possible of his Clinton Global Initiative 2012. For his fifth edition, he has set off fireworks in “producing” the two candidates: Obama and Romney. Is he just engineering for himself or above all devoured by the fire of his passion for Democratic policy?

From September 23 to 25, he will have the world’s most elite of all the powers — including Obama and Romney, the two presidential candidates, which is an incredible feat. His performance in Charlotte pushed him very high on the list and confirmed his role of super president. Furthermore, Mitt Romney has the highest praise after his speech in Charlotte, saying that “I think he really did elevate the Democratic convention in a lot of ways” and that Obama had undoubtedly suffered from it. Obviously Obama kept silent. But he surely felt the distance from Clinton and treated him with a revealing humor, stating that a web surfer had sent him an email advising him to “appoint [Clinton] ‘secretary of explaining stuff.’” Is Clinton, the creator of his C.G.I. (Clinton Global Initiative), the major manipulator of the 2012 election?

His enemies believe it, but it would be very reductive to limit it to this scheme; the Democrats can be pleased to have the former president, who has already led 100 benefits for the campaign, bringing money from fundraising to the point of permitting Obama to pass Romney by $3 million in the month of August. The most recent numbers give $114 and $111 million, rebuilding the spirit of individual donors swamped with messages terrorizing them on the possibility of the failure of their champion. He lives for this mission and he doesn’t lack for observers that ask if he is not just warming up for his perhaps upcoming service as super coach of Hillary’s campaign for 2016. But watch out for danger. The last time in 2008 he was so intrusive that Hillary was obliged to “take him out” of the primary campaigns. She surely has learned the lesson. One doesn’t hear it very much this time, though.