Clinton is urging wife, Hillary, to run for the White House

FORMER US President Bill Clinton is urging wife Hillary to stand for election to the White House, it was claimed yesterday, despite her insistence that she wants to remain in the Senate until 2006.

Mrs Clinton, a Democratic senator for New York, has moved to kill rumours in recent weeks that she will attempt to follow her husband’s career path in the presidential election next year.

With evidence that Democratic candidate General Wesley Clark is gathering growing support, Mr Clinton is brainstorming a way for his wife to get into the race, Time magazine reported.