Bill Clinton rallies Obama supporters in Vegas

From the Las Vegas Sun:

“We are picking someone to restore the fundamentals of the credit and banking industry in America, to bring back the American dream, to fix a broken health care system, to bring our troops home from Iraq, and to restore America’s standing in the world,” Clinton said. “If that’s the job, I don’t think it’s close on who we ought to hire.”

He noted his respect for McCain, as he has throughout the campaign, but said Obama “is talking about getting the show on the road again.” He said Obama had passed his first two presidential tests: one, by picking Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate, and two, by his reaction to and understanding of the financial crisis.

“In fairness, both candidates did the right thing. They wanted to try and make it right,” Clinton said of the financial crisis. “But you saw the last two debates. Who understood it better?”

He said Obama’s careful study of the issue and his willingness to support an unpopular idea showed good judgment and leadership. “When you have to make a decision in an emergency, way more than half the time the right thing to do will not be popular in the moment,” Clinton said. “You have to be willing to be judged in the long run.”

On health care, Clinton said Obama’s plan would lead to more people being covered, allow affordable access to the congressional health plan, and include tax credits for small businesses that can’t afford to provide their employees with insurance. McCain’s plan, he said, would “drive more people into buying their own health insurance,” which he said could cover more people in the short term but was grossly inefficient and would ultimately lead to “millions more who won’t have health care.”

“Our plan is better,” Clinton said. “On this issue alone, for economic, health care and moral reasons, Barack Obama should be the next president.”

He implored the crowd to make the case for Obama to everyone they knew. “All you have to do, to have an enormous victory on Election Day, is remind people,” Clinton said. “You can’t lose this election unless people forget what it’s about ... You keep putting it out there and we’ll have a great victory.”

The article also notes heavy turnout on Nevada's first day of early voting:

On Saturday, the first day of early voting, more than 25,000 people cast ballots, shattering the previous record of 14,204 set in 2004. Democrats outnumbered Republicans by a nearly 3-to-1 margin.

Now we just need a visit from Colin Powell! ;-)