Bill Clinton campaigns in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago IL and in Evanston, for Hillary March 8

Good on Bill. He must be exhausted after 3 stops today.




http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bill-clinton-illinois-primary-rally-met-0309-20160308-story.html


Former President Bill Clinton campaigns in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago and in Evanston, for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton



Bill Ruthhart Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune

Proclaiming Hillary Clinton "the best change-maker I have ever known," former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday told a crowd at an Evanston synagogue his wife was the most experienced and best-qualified candidate to serve as the nation's next commander in chief.

In a 45-minute speech, the former two-term president also offered a spirited defense of President Barack Obama's tenure while making the case that Hillary Clinton would carry on the legacy "so finally we can all rise together."
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Speaking just blocks away from Northwestern University, Clinton drew the biggest distinction between the two candidates on the issue of making college more affordable.

Clinton argued Sanders' plan to "subsidize tuition" is problematic during an era when many public universities in states led by Republican governors and legislatures already are hiking tuition costs because of cuts to state funding. But he did not mention the current drought in funding for Illinois public universities driven by the ongoing budget standoff in Springfield between Democrats and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner.


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Former President Bill Clinton campaigned for his wife in Evanston on March 8, 2016, saying, "As long as I've known her, she's been the best change maker I've ever known." (WGN-TV)

&quot Sanders) wants free tuition for everybody at state universities. (Hillary Clinton) wants everybody to be able to graduate without debt, from public or private institutions," Clinton told about 500 people at the Beth Emet The Free Synagogue. "I think her idea is better for one simple reason: If all we do is subsidize tuition, it will just lead to an inflation in tuition costs."

He also lauded his spouse's plan to work to improve upon Obamacare................................

The former president's appearance was aimed at getting out the vote in Illinois ahead of next Tuesday's primary election. A Chicago Tribune poll published Tuesday showed Clinton at 67 percent and Sanders at 25 percent with 8 percent of voters undecided. Clinton has strong Illinois ties, born in Chicago and raised in suburban Park Ridge. Sanders, who was a student at the University of Chicago in the 1960s, spoke late last month at a packed rally at Chicago State University, which has been hit hard by the state budget impasse.