Clinton to Ohioans: "I'm Your Girl"
TOLEDO, OHIO -- At a late night rally in one of Ohio's most industrial cities, Hillary Clinton hit two key points in her stump: the economy and Barack Obama.
"Why aren't there the kinds of jobs that will give us a good, solid middle-class lifestyle with rising incomes and good benefits anymore? Why? Why can somebody work fulltime but not have a weight that lifts that person and his or her family out of poverty when they are doing the best they can? Clinton asked.
It was been a long day of campaigning Friday for Clinton who began her morning in Austin, Texas making the rounds on the morning news programs.
Clinton, who has lost 11 straight contests to Obama, finds herself in the fight of her life, needing desperately to win the two big upcoming primaries on March 4th in Ohio and Texas.
Hoping to connect the predominantly working class crowd at a local high school here in Toledo, Clinton said, "I grew up in the Midwest and I have all those Midwestern values that we share about what it is that life is about." What Clinton said next summed up her campaign at this stage in the game. "We don't expect anybody to give us anything. We expect to work for it, we always have."
In recent polls, Clinton leads Obama in Ohio, but with the Ohio primary 11 days away, she isn't taking any chances, continuing to hammer away at her opponent.
"On issue after issue, I don't come to you with words I come with actions. I come with a prove record of accomplishments for you!" Clinton said referring to Obama without naming him.
Clinton continued, "Let me tell you what I will do very specifically, because I am tired of people running for office coming to talk to you, giving you pretty promises and nothing ever changes."
Clinton fed off of the crowd's enthusiasm, delivering her stump speech loudly and forcefully. "If you are looking for someone who will work to figure out a way that we keep building and making products that give people good wages and give us an industrial base that is important for our national security as well as our economy then I'm your girl because I'll be with you all the way!" The crowd erupted into thunderous applause.