Is Bill Clinton Mentally Ill? Former President Goes Berserk at Meeting with California Super-Delegates, Lashes Out at Former Bill Richardson Delegate

Bill Clinton had yet another nuclear melt-down when, at a private meeting with California super-delegates, he berated New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who had served in his cabinet as Energy Secretary and later as ambassador to the United Nations, for endorsing Barack Obama. The meeting was held before the former President gave a speech at the state convention of the California Democratic Party, where he urged Democrats to "chill out" and dampen down the intensity of their feelings in the contest between his wife Hillary and Barack Obama, who are vying for the Party's Presidential nomination.

According to participants at the super-delegate meeting, Bill Clinton was anything but "chilled." The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Rachel Binah, a former Bill Richardson delegate who had shifted her allegiance to Hillary Clinton after the New Mexico governor dropped out of the race, told Bill Clinton that she was "sorry" about James Carville's characterization of Richardson as a Judas for endorsing Barack Obama. Carville had been Bill Clinton's campaign manager in 1992.

According to the Chronicle, Bill Clinton went berserk, flushing red in the face and jabbing his finger.

"Five times to my face (Richardson) said that he would never do that," the Chronicle reported Clinton as saying to Binah. Clinton then began ranting about media bias, the unfairness of caucus states, and calls for Hillary to drop out of the race.

The Chronicle quoted on super-delegate as saying, "It was one of the worst political meetings I have ever attended."

Rachel Binah was stunned by the outburst. Art Torres, the chairman of the California Democratic Party, later called her at her home to offer an apology from Bill Clinton.