By Pamela Gentry, Senior Pollitical Producer

Posted Dec. 19, 2007 – The primary season is starting to become the battle of the “star endorsers.”  Yesterday, former NBA star Magic Johnson popped up on the campaign trail with Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) along with her other top crowd-pleaser former President Bill Clinton.

Why Johnson left sunny and warm California to hang out in a Des Moines, Iowa, grocery store is beyond me, but it turned out to be a great photo op for Clinton and netted her an impromptu news conference.  

Johnson told the press packed into the Hy-Vee deli and grocery, “This country right now needs a leader with experience because this is not going to be an easy job.”

I agree with Johnson, being the president isn’t easy.