Washington (ANTARA News / AFP) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Thursday that he expects fellow Democrat Barack Obama won re-election in 2012.
"I would feel surprised if he was not elected again," Clinton told ABC News. "I always thought he would (reelected)."
Clinton, who led the United States from 1993 to 2001, was the last Democratic president who was re-elected since Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940s.
According to Clinton, the U.S. economy will simply improved on 6 November 2012 - U.S. election day - for voters to support Obama for a second term, although the unemployment rate is still relatively high. Current unemployment rate reached 9.1 percent.
"When President Obama rose to power, we are in the midst of efforts to avoid a financial collapse into a depression. So the unemployment rate is higher (than during the Clinton presidency) and people are very frightened about what will happen," he said.
Clinton said he considered Obama has taken steps to improve the U.S. economy stimulus.
The former president, whose wife Hillary Clinton narrowly failed in the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party in 2008 and is now secretary of state under Obama, also said he believed anyone who championed by the Republican party will be constrained by the ideology of it.
Clinton called Republican presidential candidate like Jon Huntsman - which he described "impressive" and "non-ideological and practical" - and Mitt Romney, who "works better as a candidate today than four years ago."
He also said he was not surprised by early success Congressman Michele Bachmann, who is officially running for the Republican nomination of 2012 earlier this week.
Clinton said he had noticed the style of speech and Bachmann have a chance.
"I would feel surprised if he was not elected again," Clinton told ABC News. "I always thought he would (reelected)."
Clinton, who led the United States from 1993 to 2001, was the last Democratic president who was re-elected since Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940s.
According to Clinton, the U.S. economy will simply improved on 6 November 2012 - U.S. election day - for voters to support Obama for a second term, although the unemployment rate is still relatively high. Current unemployment rate reached 9.1 percent.
"When President Obama rose to power, we are in the midst of efforts to avoid a financial collapse into a depression. So the unemployment rate is higher (than during the Clinton presidency) and people are very frightened about what will happen," he said.
Clinton said he considered Obama has taken steps to improve the U.S. economy stimulus.
The former president, whose wife Hillary Clinton narrowly failed in the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party in 2008 and is now secretary of state under Obama, also said he believed anyone who championed by the Republican party will be constrained by the ideology of it.
Clinton called Republican presidential candidate like Jon Huntsman - which he described "impressive" and "non-ideological and practical" - and Mitt Romney, who "works better as a candidate today than four years ago."
He also said he was not surprised by early success Congressman Michele Bachmann, who is officially running for the Republican nomination of 2012 earlier this week.
Clinton said he had noticed the style of speech and Bachmann have a chance.
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