Bill Clinton Finally Shows Up

Last night, after the 30 minute Obama infomercial, President Bill Clinton joined Senator Barack Obama on the campaign trail in Florida. As I watched Clinton’s remarks, there were two thoughts that dominated my thoughts: where has Bill been and it would be a great race if those two were able to run against each other?

Where Clinton has been is anyone’s guess and I’m sure some pundits have already spun the lack of a prior endorsement from Bill Clinton as a negative for Obama. However, in his usual style, Bill Clinton laid out the case for Barack Obama better than any other politician in American politics today.

Clinton’s four reasons why people should vote for Obama includes:

Philosophy, Policies, Ability to Make a Decision, and Ability to Execute the Decision.

Briefly, Clinton stated that Obama’s philosophy was “built from the ground up, rather than the top down.” Obama’s campaign promises indicated a “better to-do list” of policies. For the last two reasons, Clinton said that Obama is the better choice for the role of “Decider-In-Chief because American deserves a President who wants to understand and can understand” difficult situations and will ask for help before acting.

In his remarks, Clinton emphasized the difference in judgment between Obama and Senator John McCain in their two major decisions of the campaign: the choice for V.P. and their responses to the financial crisis.

Bill Clinton has a knack for taking difficult decisions and breaking them down into their component parts and stating the case for the American people. Too bad, there are only 5 days left in the campaign…but at least Bill Clinton finally showed up.