By IRNA,
New York : A little more than three weeks before the fall election, Bill and Hillary Clinton joined together for the first time in this critical Pennsylvania battleground to campaign for their once bitter rival, Barack Obama, at a rally with vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden.
Former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Clinton explained to voters why they think Barack Obama’s Democratic ticket is the best choice for middle-class families.
“You know because Joe Biden is from here that he understands middle-class economics with middle-class values,” the former president said.
Clinton told voters that Biden understands their lives, and that out of all of the people in Congress, he is one of the members who knows “the most about the economic, political and security challenges of America.”
After introducing his wife, Bill Clinton headed to Virginia, where he will continue campaigning for the Democratic ticket.
Hillary Clinton, who competed with Obama in the protracted primary season, is campaigning for her former rival in a two-day swing through Pennsylvania. She also has family roots in Scranton.
Clinton won the Pennsylvania primary in April, beating Obama 55 to 45 percent.
The New York senator blasted the Republicans as she made her case for Obama and Biden.
“To John McCain and George Bush, the middle class isn’t fundamental; it’s ornamental. They don’t understand that we are at the core of whether this country goes up or down,” she said.
“Sending the Republicans to solve this economic crisis is like sending the bull to clean up the china closet. They broke it and we’re not buying it anymore,” she said.
“Barack Obama and Joe Biden will be leaders who will lead us out of this economic crisis.”
Biden rallied the crowd as he pounded the podium and called for voters to “get up.”
“I have never seen as many Americans knocked down as I have in the last past eight years. It’s time to … get up,” he said.
“So get up Pennsylvania, get up Scranton, get up deliver and this election for Barack Obama.”
On the Republican side, John McCain staged an impromptu pep rally at his campaign headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, and vowed to defeat Barack Obama in the final presidential debate this week.