Bill Clinton: Vote Early, Vote Often
(CBS)
From CBS News' Ryan Corsaro:
GALVESTON, TEXAS -- Former President Bill Clinton continued today to try and drive a wedge of distinction between the record of his wife Hillary and the spirit of her opponent, Barack Obama.
“I think that good solutions are more important than good speeches,” said Clinton. “I think the fact of change is more important than the feeling of change.”
President Clinton pointed out the uniqueness of the Texas primary – which includes the ability to vote early – to a crowd of several hundred Clinton supporters.
“This is the only place in America where you can vote twice without going to jail,” he said. “And you all know how it works, right?”
If they didn’t, he went on to explain it. “So as soon as the polls close on the fourth, for fifteen minutes afterward you have an opportunity to vote again in 8,000 precinct conventions. This is a big deal. It would be a sad thing if she won in the daytime and it got taken away at night in the delegates if you didn’t show up.”
Clinton spoke from the bed of a pick-up truck outside of the Galveston County Courts, where a polling station was set up for early voters nearby.
Hoping to encourage supporters to visit the polling station, Clinton acknowledged the tight Democratic race. “She basically has won the big states and she has done very well,” he said. “She does well in the primaries, Senator Obama does well in the caucuses.”
Texas is the only state that has both. After voting in the primary on March 4th, Texas voters can caucus that evening for their candidates as well.
“This whole nominating process has come down in Texas and Ohio,” Clinton said. “If she wins in Texas and in Ohio, she will win in Pennsylvania. I believe she will win the nomination.”
