Reply #64: Yup. Even Halter's camp says so.

[Moosepoop]

Halter’s campaign avoided criticizing Clinton and declined to address his central argument.

“We respect that the president is honoring a commitment he made quite some time ago before Bill Halter entered the race,” said Garry Hoffmann, a Halter spokesman.

Clinton didn't volunteer for this, Lincoln had to ask him to do it.

Clinton's appearance, which Lincoln said she requested, may represent the embattled incumbent's last chance to revive her campaign and save her career.

I thought the wording in Clinton's speech almost sounded like an endorsement of Halter, if read the right way. Could just be me on that one.