Bill Clinton: “Thank you very much. Well, first of all, I want to thank Senator Torricelli for that uncommonly generous introduction.…”

“Thank you very much. Well, first of all, I want to thank Senator Torricelli for that uncommonly generous introduction. He thwarted one of my rules of politics. Normally, when you get an introduction like that, it's from someone you've appointed to a good office. [Laughter] And so he just did it out of the goodness of his heart and a laundry list of what I'll have to do for New Jersey next year. [Laughter] And I thank him for that. I want to thank Congressman Kennedy for his leadership. He's done a wonderful job. And his father, who is a very, very close friend of mine, is actually proud of him, but too proud to admit it--that he has a son as the only chairman in the Kennedy family. I want to thank Bill Nelson and his wonderful wife, Grace, for making this race for the United States Senate. And I want to thank my longtime friend Elaine Bloom, who was on my committee when I started in Florida in 1991, for making this race for Congress. And she can win this race if she gets the kind of support that I see around this place tonight. And most important of all, I want to thank Chris and Irene for letting me come back again to this humble abode--[laughter]--that makes the White House look like public housing. [Laughter] You know, you look out here and you expect Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn to come up on the African Queen any minute. [Laughter] I mean, it is amazing. I want to thank them for their generosity.…”