Clinton on Obama: ‘I Don’t Think He Gets the Credit He Deserves for Saving the Economy’

‘I will stand up against Republican attacks on him personally and on his record’

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MERICA: "One similarity between '08 and now, you argued you were prepared something similar to what you are doing now. Didn't work out then, why will it work out this time?" 
CLINTON: "People know we have to preserve and further progress that's been made under president Obama. I don't think the great majority of Democrats are open minded independents want us to rip up what we've achieved, digging our way out of the recession we were put into at the end of the last Republican administration, winding down wars, trying to be smarter about how we protect ourselves, building on the affordable care act, and so much else, and I don't think most persons want to turn the clock back on the rights that have been gained." 
MERICA: "Different now than in '08?" 
CLINTON: "I think there's unsettled mood on the Republican side, kinds of things that are being said and proposed by all of the Republican candidates, so yes. Every election has its own mood, but for most Americans they can't wait for progress, they can't wait to get prescription drug costs down, can't wait for good jobs with rising incomes. They can't wait around while we get thrown into another contentious national debate or while Republicans try to dismantle the progress we made." 
MERICA: "You mentioned Obama couple times in this interview and on the stump. Do you feel like you have his support?" 
CLINTON: "We started off as rivals as you know, fought a hard campaign against each other. Then when he won, I immediately went to work to get him elected. I was surprised when he asked me to be secretary of state. We became close partners in his administration and became real friends and I have a very high level commitment to making sure that he is recognized for his accomplishments. I don't think he gets the credit he deserves for saving the economy, and I will stand up against Republican attacks on him personally and on his record. I know how hard it is to do what he has accomplished, and I want to build on that, I don't want us to go back, I want us to keep going forward."

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