2008 Democratic debate on the eve of Super Tuesday: on Principles & Values

Barack Obama: The Clinton years were undeniably better than the Bush years

A: There’s no doubt that there were good things that happened during those eight years of the Clinton administration. That’s undeniable. Particularly, when looked through the lens of the last eight years with Bush, they look even better. So I don’t want to diminish some of the accomplishments that occurred during those eight years.

Hillary Clinton: Being the president is much more than being a CEO

A: I would say the US government is much more than a business. It is a trust. It is the most complicated organization. But it is not out to make a profit. It is out to help the American people. It is about to stand up for our values & to do what we should at home & around the world to keep faith with who we are as a country. We have a president who basically ran as the CEO, MBA president, and look what we got. I am not too happy about the results.

Hillary Clinton: The next president faces a stack of problems on day one

• a war to end in Iraq and a war to resolve in Afghanistan;
• an economy that is not working for the vast majority of Americans, but well for the wealthy and the well-connected;
• tens of millions of people either without health insurance at all or with insurance that doesn’t amount to much, because it won’t pay what your doctor or your hospital need;
• an energy crisis that we fail to act on at our peril;
• global warming, which the United States must lead in trying to contend with and reverse;
• and then all of the problems that we know about and the ones we can’t yet predict.