A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days

Former President Clinton says his wife is a "world-class genius" when it comes to improving the lives of others.

Clinton stuck mostly to familiar themes in two hour-long appearances Thursday, describing at length what he views as the nation's biggest challenges. Nearly 15 minutes into his first speech, he added almost as an afterthought that "everything I'm saying here is my wife's position, not just mine."

It was his third trip to New Hampshire in little more than a month, and the visit came the day before Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton was to return to the Granite State for two days of campaigning.

Calling the ability to help others the most important quality in a president, Clinton first compared the successes of his administration in creating jobs and other areas to the failures of the Bush administration before finally turning the focus to his wife, a New York senator.

"The reason she ought to be president, over and above her vision and her plans is that she has proven in every position she has ever had in life, whether it was in elected office or not, that she is a world-class genius in making positive changes in other people's lives," he said.

I'm still waiting to hear what these wonderful changes are that she has brought about. As was asked in another Democratic Presidential nomination contest "Where's the beef?" The Obama campaign has to be just appalled at the effort being made to convince the public that Hillary Clinton is just chock-full of government experience. Once you get past all the big talk that is given to us by her supporters, you find that her resume is, in fact, quite thin indeed.