Bill Clinton Makes His Case For Hillary At DU Rally

Former President Bill Clinton stumped for his wife Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign Wednesday night at the University of Denver's Magness Center, answering critics who say his wife is too polarizing and unwilling to bring significant changes to America and the world.

Clinton disputed that his wife wouldn't be able to unify Americans simply because she's a frequent target of many Republicans.

"That makes her polarizing -- Rush Limbaugh says bad things about her?" Clinton asked.  

Earlier in the day in the same arena, Hillary Clinton presidential opponent Barack Obama also offered a message of change. But Bill Clinton said the candidate with the most experience is the one able to bring about the most change.

"It's not experience vs. change," Clinton said. "It's who's got the experience to make a change for other people."

"If you want a president to make a difference in other people's lives, look at her record in the Senate," he said, touting Hillary's role in expanding health care coverage for children.

"That's what presidents do -- presidents change the future for people," Clinton said. "Her life has been about other people."

In the speech, Clinton refrained from attacking Obama, as he did prior to the New Hampshire primaries on Jan. 8. Clinton only mentioned the Illinois Senator's name once, coupling him with Hillary and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) as pioneering black, female, and Latino candidates, respectively.

About 4,000 people braved a snowstorm to cheer on Clinton; in contrast, about twice that number came earlier that day, when the weather was clear, to see Obama.  

Prior to Clinton's entrance, the audience heard speeches from former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb (D), state Sen. Paula Sandoval (D-Denver), and current Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (D). Clinton's daughter Chelsea also appeared on stage, but didn't address the crowd.

Hickenlooper, who appeared (but did not speak) at Obama's rally earlier that day, did not endorse Clinton, saying only "the best is yet to come."