Clinton: Give Obama time to clean up GOP ‘mess’ (speech excerpts)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Bill Clinton will tell delegates at the 2012 Democratic National Convention that Republicans left President Barack Obama a total mess, he hasnt finished cleaning it up yet and that the incumbent president deserves another four years to implement his vision for the country.
In early excerpts of the former presidents remarks, Clinton amplifies on the message Democrats delivered on the first day of the convention Tuesday, describing Obama as a champion of the middle class and Republicans as hostile to the interests of regular people.
In Tampa, the Republican argument against the presidents reelection was pretty simple: We left him a total mess, he hasnt finished cleaning it up yet, so fire him and put us back in, Clinton will say. I like the argument for President Obamas reelection a lot better. He inherited a deeply damaged economy; put a floor under the crash; began the long, hard road to recovery; and laid the foundation for a more modern, more well-balanced economy that will produce millions of good new jobs, vibrant new businesses and lots of new wealth for the innovators.
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