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Bill Clinton: Well, we've done everything we could to get the votes out, and I think we're going to do very well. If you look at the…

On the recordNovember 1, 1998
Well, we've done everything we could to get the votes out, and I think we're going to do very well. If you look at the history of these midterm elections, particularly in the sixth year of a Presidency, almost everyone concedes, even the Republicans do, that we're going to outperform the historical average. And of course, it's unbelievable, since they have literally raised, through the Senate and House committees and the Republican National Committee, $110 million more than our people have. So we're out here to work, and I don't worry about finger-pointing. I just do the best I can and work like crazy until the election is over and hope--you know, we've got a lot of good people out there who have done, I think, astonishing things, being outspent two, three to one in the last week, maybe four to one, or more, still hanging in there in these races. And I just want to make sure we light a fire under our voters and that they know what's at stake. And I think we're going to do pretty well on Tuesday. African-American Support Ms. Ryan. Did you see the response from the congregation when you came in? Did you see the people just jump up and shout and just--I mean, the faces were just brimming over with joy that you would come here to this church.
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Bill Clinton
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