Pres. Clinton Stumps For Wife In SD (AP)

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Pres. Clinton Stumps For Wife In SD (AP)

President Bill Clinton visited the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the summer of 1999. Today, he campaigned in Rapid City for his wife Hillary.

By Associated Press' Chet Brokaw

Story Created: May 10, 2008 at 8:16 PM CDT

Story Updated: May 10, 2008 at 8:19 PM CDT

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - During a campaign stop in Rapid City Saturday, former President Bill Clinton urged Democrats not to count his wife out of the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination.

On Hillary, the former President said, "(She) is the best change maker I have ever known."

More than 1,500 people packed into a high school gym to hear the former president. Much of Bill Clinton's speech dealt with details of his wife's plans for revitalizing the economy, improving education, reducing dependence on foreign oil and  eveloping clean, renewable energy.

He appeared to get the loudest cheers when he said his wife would get rid of the No Child Left Behind education law championed by President Bush.

The visit came two days after Hillary Clinton campaigned in Sioux Falls. Clinton and Barack Obama are vying for South Dakota's delegates in the June 3rd primary.

Stay with KSFY on this story. KSFY will have a full report on Saturday's KSFY Live At 10:00.

Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.

 

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