Paul Abraham’s Huff Post piece on how Obama helped Bill Foster win narrowly edges out Daily Kos commenter Jsn’s “saying that Hillary has Executive Branch experience is like saying Yoko Ono was a Beatle” nugget of a comment.

Barack Obama — not Hillary Clinton — actively, with TV ads, supported Bill Foster’s attempt to win Dennis Hastert’s (former Speaker) seat in the House after Hastert’s resignation. Supporting Foster so openly was a risk, as it could have (and we know, would have) been used by the Clintons to raise doubt about Obama’s ability to rally support. After all, one thing Bill Clinton did not have was coattails — he lost the House for the first time in 40 years, and it remained in Republican hands for 12 years.

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