Yesterday Joe Biden spoke in front of the local armory in downtown Marietta, as part of the first day of a bus tour through rural Ohio. Joe noted that, no matter where he travels these days, the fundamental issues and concerns of the people he encounters are the same -- the economy, jobs, healthcare, education and rising costs.
At the end of the day, there is a fundamental difference between John McCain and Barack Obama . . . It can be distilled to one thing: How we measure progress in America. Barack Obama and I measure progress in terms of the dignity and respect for the middle class, for the working people. Whether you have a job, whether you have the ability to afford healthcare for your family, whether or not you can fill your gas tank, whether or not you can send your kid to college, and whether or not, as my dad used to say, you can look your kid in the eye and say, "I promise you, I promise you it's going to be okay." It will be okay with us. We will keep that promise. That's how we measure progress.
You can watch a video of Joe's full speech in Marietta below:
Peter RubiOctober 15, 2008Athens, Ohio
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