Bill Clinton Hits Campaign Trail for Democrats

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2010— -- The Comeback Kid is coming back.

Former President Bill Clinton says Democrats are not yet putting up a good fight. He is back on the campaign trail today, playing defense deep in home territory, where, in a typical election year, Democrats would be leading comfortably: the solid-blue states of Massachusetts and Connecticut.

"It means there is no such thing as a safe state for Democrats this year. there is no such thing as a dark blue state," ABC political director Amy Walter said. "There is no such thing as a slam dunk election."

Clinton is campaigning for an endangered species: longtime politicians including Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, a Senate hopeful, and 30-year Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank, who crushed his last opponent 2-to-1.

In three earlier races, the Republicans threw up their hands, running no one against Frank. Now, the president's point-man on the banking bailout is also on the endangered list.

"This is as bad a political environment that Democrats have seen in a long time," Walter said. "And they are looking for somebody who can come in and invigorate their base."

This time, Clinton is bringing a new pitch:

"You gave them eight years to dig the hole. Give us just two more to dig out," the former president told CNN.

"If this election is a choice about the future, we have a chance to do quite well," he said. "If it's a referendum about people's frustration, it's a bad deal for us."

He's not alone. Also on the campaign trail Tuesday will be campaigner-in-chief President Obama in Wisconsin and Vice President Joe Biden at Penn State.

Next month, Democrats bring out the most popular resident of the White House: first lady Michelle Obama.

Her itinerary is a map of endangered Democrats:

Illinois for Alexi Giannoulias, running for the president's old Senate seat.