Politics | Hillary Clinton Clinton Hopes NH Foundation Will Hold Obama's recent surge threatens old ties the Clintons cultivated By Katherine Thompson Posted Dec 16, 2007 11:41 AM CST Copied Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses the crowd at a 'Meet The Candidate' event Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, in Independence, Iowa. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) (Associated Press) As Barack Obama draws into a tie with Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire polls, the New York senator looks to be leaning more and more on the relationships she and her husband established back in Bill's campaigning days. Clinton officials shrug off the tightening polls, but some find her camp's lack of energy "scary," reports the Washington Post. While some feel that Clinton's familiarity within New Hampshire will inspire people to be "more engaged, and more willing to step up," others think she may be banking on support that is no longer there. One former Clinton campaigner opines that Bill and Hillary "might as well not even be related," and says he'll be pushing for Christopher Dodd. Read These Next Negative press coverage should get TV licenses yanked, Trump says. Here's what late-night hosts had to say about Jimmy Kimmel. Autopsy is in for Black student found hanged from tree at college. 'Jesus, Take the Wheel' writer dies in tragic crash at age 57. Report an error