Biden/Obama rally, Part 2: Liveblog

By GottaLaff

BARACK OBAMA: O-H! O-H! [cheers] We had a pretty good week this week. [cheers] What do you think about Michelle Obama? [cheers] She kicked things off and it kept on getting better. Hillary rocked the house. President Bill Clinton made the case for change as only he can make it...

But what made it special was knowing that after 19 months, traveling through every state, except Alaska, which now that I think about it... [laughter]... I'm gonna have to go up there now... but after this long journey, to know that in the remainder of this journey, I'm gonna have with me one of the greatest statesmen of my time, who can talk to world leaders, but still talk to the man at the Amtrak station... scrappy kid from Scranton... I'm proud to have Joe Biden standing beside me. [Bi-DEN! Bi-DEN!]

My gray hair is quite a bit more noticeable [laughter]. So people ask, what have you learned about America? It's big, beautiful... we are truly blessed... and that Americans are the most decent, generous, hardest working... they believe in family, community, love this country deeply, willing to sacrifice for the next generation... but they're anxious, worried. They see that over the last 8 years, this country has gone tragically off course.

No money... hardship. But we know how to sacrifice. The American promise is not just to ourselves, but to our kids/grandkids. The American Dream is at risk, and that's why I'm running.

McCain has different ideas. VERY different, somebody just said. He served this country with distinction/bravery, we owe him our gratitude. But we DON'T OWE HIM OUR VOTE. Because he has a set of ideas that are IDENTICAL TO GEORGE BUSH'S. On the most important issues, the economy/middle class, our foreign policy/respect in the world [someone just fainted]...

McCain said the economy made great progress, fundamentally sound. Then Bush today says that we're seeing the economy make improvement. This is on the same day that the news said personal income has plunged more than in the past 2 years. Is that improvement/progress/sound? It's hard to tell McCain and Bush apart, as Hillary said. He wants to do the EXACT SAME THING AS BUSH DID. [tax cuts to the wealthy, oil companies, etc., no plan to make college affordable, health care issues]

McCain/Bush are saying you're on your own. Tough luck. No health care? The market will fix it. You're on your own. Poverty? Pick yourself up by the bootstraps, even if you don't have boots! They have to own up to their failures. We will win this election and have a government that is working for you!

MSNBC cut away.