Clinton: "Enough With the Talk"
SPOKANE, WASH. -- On the night before Washington State Democrats hold their caucuses, Hillary Clinton took a swipe at Barack Obama without naming him saying, "I have spent my lifetime working to get results for real folks, who need a champion who need a fighter, who need a doer. Enough with the talk. Let's start with the action, let's produce results."
Clinton spent most of the event laying out her well-rehearsed stump speech but broke ranks to make the case as to why she would be the best president, again, taking on her opponent.
"I have been very specific in this campaign. I know that sometimes it's exciting to hear a speech that is really powerful and raises your sights, but when the lights are down and the cameras are gone you need to know what I'm going to do, because we need a president who will actually produce results for the American people," said Clinton.
"We have had enough of a president who doesn't care about the American people, who doesn't really solve the American people's problems and puts our country at risk, and that's why I have been so specific."
When asked if Clinton was referring to Obama when she referenced President Bush as a president who "puts our country at risk," campaign spokesman Jay Carson said she "was not referring to Senator Obama. She frequently makes the case that she is the candidate with the strength and experince to manage the economy and be commander in chief on day one."
As she concluded her remarks, Clinton also took on Republican frontrunner John McCain saying she is the best candidate to run against him in the general election.
"If we're going to win an election against John McCain, who apparently is going to be their nominee, we need a candidate who can go toe-to-toe with Senator McCain on national security, national defense, homeland security…I believe that I am the best prepared, the best tested and the best vetted to do that."
Clinton heads to across the country to Maine to campaign in advance of Sunday's caucuses there.