Michelle Obama also stepped up for her husband in a mailer Thursday, saying while they expected Bill Clinton to have a visible presence in the campaign, "What we didn't expect, at least not from our fellow Democrats, are the win-at-all-costs tactics we've seen recently. We didn't expect misleading accusations that willfully distort Barack's record."
"Barack Obama isn't relying on a former president of the United States to campaign for him. He's relying on us -- you, me, and hundreds of thousands of people like us who are giving whatever they can afford to support this movement," she said in asking for donations to the campaign.