Casey stumps for Clinton in New Hampshire, says she’s most qualified presidential candidate

Before the Iowa caucuses, he made calls to Democrats to tout former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for president.
On Sunday, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey actually visited New Hampshire with his wife, Terese, to promote Mrs. Clinton.
They overnighted in Concord, then visited door-to-door canvassers in Bedford and Londonderry before heading off to Manchester so Mr. Casey could do mostly radio interviews.
He had never visited New Hampshire during presidential primary season, Mr. Casey said. The canvassers worked out of private homes.
“It’s an interesting process to see up close,” he said. “It’s interesting to see how hard people work to do the canvassing and how engaged people are in the process … They take it so seriously they set up shop in people’s homes.”
Mrs. Clinton had a team of congressional surrogates drumming up votes for her in the Granite State over the weekend as its primary Tuesday approached.
She doesn’t appear to have much hope of winning the state. Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has a huge lead in the state that neighbors his, according to the latest polls.
Mr. Casey, who lives in Scranton’s Hill Section, thinks Mrs. Clinton is far the most qualified candidate running for president, based on her years of previous experience as a first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state.
He spoke to the volunteers about electing Mrs. Clinton so she can continue the progress made under President Barack Obama, Mr. Casey said.
That includes buttressing the Affordable Care Act, raising incomes and equal pay, reducing student debt and fighting for quality, affordable child care and pre-kindergarten funding, he said.
“Her experience as secretary of state and knowing a lot about foreign policy and security is an enormous advantage,” he said. “I believe, and this is my own theory, but just in terms of how a president knows how to allocate his or her time, I think her international experience will make her not just prepared on that set of issues, but will make her a more effective domestic president because she’s going to know how much time to allocate to these complicated foreign policy and security issues where someone who walks in the door and doesn’t have that grounding may not be able to allocate their time (properly).”
Mr. Casey wasn’t the only name politician stumping for Mrs. Clinton the last few days.
U.S. senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire did, according to the Clinton campaign website.
So did New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan, who is running for the U.S. Senate there, Stephanie Shriock, the president of EMILY’s List, Lilly Ledbetter, the famed advocate for equal pay for women, and Madeleine Albright, the first woman secretary of state who raised a lot of hell by saying “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other!”
— BORYS KRAWCZENIUK