In his recent appearance in Florida with Obama, Bill Clinton explains why he thinks Obama will be a good President, as only he can:
The President is the decider-in-chief. And in this election you've got
a very unusual thing I've never seen happen before. You got to watch
the candidates make, not one, but two presidential decisions. You
always get one; who they pick as Vice President. He hit that one out of
the park, folks, that was a good decision.
OK, then you got to see the reaction to the financial crisis in
America nearly coming off the wheels. Having the wheels nearly run off.
I saw this up close. You know what he did? First he took a little heat
for not saying much.
I knew what he was doing. He talked to his advisers, he talked to my
economic advisers. He called Hillary. He called me. He called Warren
Buffett and he called Paul Volcker. He called all those people and you
know why, because he knew it was complicated and before he said
anything he wanted to understand.
Folks, if we have not learned anything, we have learned that we need
a president who wants to understand and who can understand. Who can
understand; yes, he can.
Now, wait a minute.
The second thing and this meant more to me than anything else and I
haven't cleared this with him. And he may even be mad at me for saying
this so closest to the election but I know what else he said to his
economic advisers. He said tell me what the right thing to do is.
What's the right thing for America, and don't tell me what's popular.
You tell me what's right and I'll figure out how to sell it. That's
what a president does in a crisis, what is right for America. And you
know after this election there are going to be a lot of rough times
ahead and you know it as well as I do. You have got to have a president
who can understand and then has the fortitude to stand up and tell you,
you hired me to win for America. I've got to make this decision now.
This is the very best I can do. And I'm prepared to be held accountable.
I'm going to tell you something the way he handled this crisis and
the way you saw him talk about it in the second and third debate showed
that he will be a very, very fine decision maker working for the
American people.
[pic from WonderfulTime on Flickr]
Kit Stolz 
Kit, thanks for this post. Wasn’t that an amazing night? And so amazing to hear Bill Clinton speak of a presidential candidate intent on doing what is right. I had a similar feeling when I heard Obama speak on television about the millions who need jobs – and the fact that our cities’ infrastructure is crumbling in so many places. Let’s see … jobless people … jobs to be done … what could be more sensible? All fingers crossed for tomorrow!
Deborah
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Yes, indeed, and thanks for noticing…ks
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