President Clinton Helps Hillary in New York
— -- Keeping his wife’s Senate bid atop his agenda, President Clinton continues to campaign in New York.
ABCNEWS.comOct. 23— Keeping his wife’s
Senate campaign atop his agenda, President Clinton continues to stump in New York today.
Following a full day of fund-raising and campaigning for first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday, the president spoke at a rally for Mrs. Clinton this evening in Queens and later at a Democratic fund-raising dinner in Westchester. “We should be for Al Gore and Hillary because we want to keepthis prosperity going,” President Clinton said at a union hall inQueens in a joint appearance with his wife that raised $75,000 forher campaign.
He praised Gore for his work on making the federal governmentsmaller and more effective. Because of it, he said, “You’ve got the smallest government since 1960 doing more good for morepeople.” “We need someone like that to make good decisions and getthings done,” he said of Gore.
Speaking of the first lady’s first-ever campaign for highnational office, Clinton said: “She’s worked for 30 years on the issues that matter most for the people of New York.” With the president due to return for more events on Wednesday — including a birthday bash for the first lady — this week represents the most concerted effort he has made to help the first lady in her high-stakes Senate race against Republican congressman Rick Lazio.
The president, who has remained on the sidelines for much of her campaign, embarked on a solo fund-raising trip of upstate New York Sunday, joining Mrs. Clinton for two later events.
The Associated Presscontributed to this report.
Fiery Rhetoric from Mrs. Clinton
Sunday evening, Clinton’s presence at a rally at Hofstra University on Long Island seemed to bring out fiery rhetoric from Mrs. Clinton, who attacked Lazio for “fuzzy thinking” and blasted him for having served as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s deputy whip.
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