I just got back from a Hillary Clinton labor rally here at the Manchester Radisson.

Bill Clinton was in his glory appearing for his wife, who was doing debate prep for tonight.

Senator Clinton’s key consultant, the former president, was completely confident in New Hampshire. He’s been here before, Bill Clinton assured her gathered supporters. “They tried to run me out of the presidency. New Hampshire wouldn’t let that happen.”

And President Clinton knew Iowa would happen a year ago, he told the crowd. He said, “Hillary, we are going to have to fight like crazy for that nomination.”

Apparently the vast right-wing conspiracy made up the inevitability myth.

“But we are going to win big” the former president assured the packed half ballroom.

Clinton’s pitch to the labor members gathered was: People don’t know how bad it is. Go out on the streets of Manchester and tell them!

“There is a lot running on this. We’ve got half the world mad at us. We can’t tell them it’s my way or the highway….. “ he cautioned, echoing the urgency of previous speakers.

At which point, laughter from the next room almost drowned out the president. In the next room: Mark Steyn, Rob Long, and Jonah Goldberg.

Bill Clinton’s confidence, however, was not shared by all the speakers at the rally. Oh, was Obama on the minds.

Stewart Applebaum, head of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, warned that “Hope itself is not a program. There is no Department of Hope…. You don’t hope for a paycheck. You work for a paycheck.” He took time to hit John Edwards as well, noting to boos that Edwards supported National Right to Work legislation in North Carolina.

One speaker warned that America already elected a president with only “a little experience and a lot of charisma.” Can’t do that again.

Bill Clinton puts on a good game face, but Clinton supporters are worried.