By CHARLES BABINGTON
People who suggest Bill Clinton might be hurting his wife's presidential bid more than helping it haven't spent much time in the small towns where he draws adoring crowds of Democrats who wish he could serve a third term.
Surely in the history of U.S. campaigns no former president has come close to the level of energy and visibility that Clinton is pouring into his efforts to help his wife overtake Obama.
The seven campaign stops that Bill Clinton has scheduled Saturday in Indiana would exhaust many politicians half his age. Sunday will be his relative day of rest, with a mere five stops in North Carolina before making a jaw-dropping nine on Monday.
In a week, he will have made 42 speeches in three states. Nearly all take place in towns too small to justify visits by Obama or Hillary Clinton, but which nonetheless are home to thousands of potential voters thrilled to see one of the world's most famous people.
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