Bill Clinton: “----and it was far enough away from election that they didn't come back and say, ``Oh, I didn't mean New Mexico''--it's…”

“----and it was far enough away from election that they didn't come back and say, ``Oh, I didn't mean New Mexico''--it's interesting, isn't it; you get close to the election, it's amazing how people's positions improve--[laughter]--Jeff Bingaman said, ``I will stand with you to the very end.'' We are going to save the laboratories of the Department of Energy, including Sandia and Los Alamos and the others as well. I want to thank Bill Richardson for so many things, but you in New Mexico should be terribly proud of him that while working to represent his constituents and this State, he has also put in double time so that he could go all around the world on behalf of the United States in the cause of peace and freedom. There is no Member of the House of Representatives who has done as much to make this a safer world for our children as Bill Richardson. And you should be very proud of that. Well, folks, I made a joke a minute ago about the debate, but they're deadly serious. You've already seen two of these three debates, the first one with Senator Dole and me and then the Vice President's debate with Congressman Kemp. And Al Gore did a good job, didn't he? I was proud of him. [Applause] What these debates reveal are two very different visions about how we should move forward as a nation into the 21st century. Do we believe that we ought to build a bridge big enough and wide enough for all of us to walk across? Audience members. Yes!”