Bill Clinton: “Well, first, let me thank all of you for coming out to see Hillary and me. We are delighted to be back in Ohio and glad…”

“Well, first, let me thank all of you for coming out to see Hillary and me. We are delighted to be back in Ohio and glad to be back in Cleveland. And I know I started the baseball season here, so I know you're all really thrilled at how well the Indians are doing. And I-- [inaudible]--hope there won't be a strike. [At this point, the President's microphone failed.] Is it working now? Let me just say a--[inaudible]. It keeps dying. Can you hear it now? All right, we'll try again. As you know, I'm here on behalf of Joel Hyatt's campaign. I'm proud to be here helping him. I also want to say how delighted I am to be here with Congressmen Louis Stokes, Sherrod Brown, and Eric Fingerhut. And I want to make just a couple of points. When I came here seeking the Presidency, and Ohio gave me the votes first to be nominated and then to be elected, I knew that this was a State which was really the heartland of America, where people were more or less evenly divided by party but where everybody wanted this country to work again for ordinary Americans. And I made some commitments to you, that I'd work on restoring the economy, bringing the American people together instead of dividing us, making the Government work for ordinary people again, and strengthening our communities and our families at the grassroots. And let me just say that if you look at what has happened, we have worked very hard, often against bitter, bitter opposition, to make this country work.…”