Former President to visit IU

It really is a family affair.\nJust nine days after Chelsea Clinton made an appearance at the IU Auditorium, former President Bill Clinton will be in Bloomington Wednesday to stump for his wife, presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton.\nClinton’s speech is slated to kick off at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Assembly Hall. Clinton will visit Columbus, Seymour and Bedford before arriving in Bloomington. Clinton’s visit is sponsored by the fundraising group Hoosiers for Hillary.\nThe former president previously campaigned through Indiana earlier this month for his wife, making stops in Lawrenceburg, Richmond and Fort Wayne. Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton made an appearance at the IU Auditorium last Monday with actor Sean Astin. \nAnnElyse Gibbons, sophomore and president of IU Students for Hillary Clinton, said the event attendance will be capped at 4,000 people. Gibbons said the student organization expects the line to start early and Hillary Clinton groups from around the state will be traveling to Bloomington to attend the event.\nGibbons said she believes Bill Clinton’s appearance at IU will encourage youth voting in the state.\n“I saw an improvement after the Chelsea event,” she said. “We saw our group membership spike and people get more active.”\nSophomore Jaime Ness said she thinks it’s good that students are getting excited about the election, but believes all of the campaigning is getting out of hand with so many celebrities endorsing candidates.\nShe said she also believes Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton are campaigning too much for Hillary Clinton.\n“She needs to do her job herself,” Ness said.\nJunior Chris Hollins said members of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity plan on attending. Hollins said he thinks that because Bill Clinton was in the White House, he can help Hillary Clinton gain support.\n“She wants to show a woman can run the White House,” he said. “I don’t think she’s ready.” \nHollins echoed Ness and said he believes the campaign for the Democratic nomination is getting out of control. Hollins said if candidates really stand for the right cause, they wouldn’t get others to do the job for them.\nIndiana’s May 6 primary, with 84 delegates at stake, could be the last battleground in a long Democratic primary season.\nClinton and her opponent for the nomination, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., are running tight, with 1,498 and 1,617 pledged delegates, respectively, according to The Associated Press. Both are well shy of the 2,024 delegates needed to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination.