Bill Clinton Speaks at Penn State About Why Hillary is the Best Candidate Hands Down

STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- The race for the Democratic Party that consists of Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton is something that I just can't get enough of. Even though I am for sure voting for Hillary Clinton, I've still jumped at the chances of hearing Barack Obama speak whenever I'm close by. This competition has gotten very serious, and I am happy to see that Hillary has not backed away from the race.

While in Pennsylvania this whole week with the University of Texas at San Antonio College Democrats, we decided to make a stop at the "Solutions for America" speech that Bill Clinton, Hillary's husband and former president, gave at Penn State. It was not easy to get into this event, as almost every space inside of the Rec Center was packed, with over 6,000 people, but we made it.

When we first got to the Rec Center you could feel the energy and the anticipation that people were experiencing at having Bill Clinton give a speech about his wife. He was very charming, and when he came out onto the stage that was set up for him, the whole gym gave him a standing ovation.

While surrounded by American flags on all sides, Bill Clinton first spoke about how much he loved Penn State. He reminisced on his days as president, and the trips he'd taken there. He also made some remarks about the ice cream he'd had, and how he'd never forget how delicious it was.

Once he had his crowd, he started to talk about his wife Hillary. He went on to explain her plan for the economy and the health plan in details. He explained how it would help the people in Pennsylvania who were having trouble keeping their homes, keeping their people in schools, and keeping their elderly well taken care of. He described how her health plan would help everyone, even the college students.

Once he was done talking about that, he went on to talk about how Hillary would minimize tuition for those who could maintain a good GPA, and how she would help to raise the average salary for teachers all around. He emphasized how important education was to Hillary and how she had a very good plan on how to fix the things that were wrong with it, in comparison to Barack Obama's plans.

In addition to all of that, he made sure to make his points about why he thinks that his wife is well suited to be the next president of the United States. He recalled a lot of her accomplishments as a mother, as a wife, and as a senator for the state of New York. He really got across to people while mentioning how Hillary has experience that Barack Obama just doesn't. Across from me were a couple of college students who right away said that they agreed, and that perhaps if this country elected Obama they'd be taking a chance that shouldn't have to be taken when a more experience candidate is available to take the lead.

At the beginning, during, and after his speech everyone in the Penn State Rec Center got up and clapped for Bill Clinton like I'd never seen a crowd clap before. Everyone who had Hillary For President signs was holding them up and there were many people who were going to be sticking around afterwards to get a chance to tell Clinton how they were going to be voting for his wife.

Not only did President Clinton stick around after his speech to meet some of the supporters, take pictures, and give out autographs, but some of the people who were at the very front even got to ask some questions and have some chit chat with him. He seemed very pleased with the turnout.

I myself have learned that even though there are many Obama supporters out there, there are also plenty of Clinton supporters as well. These fans fully comprehend who they are voting for and are really knowing of what their candidate is going to be doing if elected as president in detail. That is something that I have not yet seen at an Obama campaign rally. With Obama, the supporters seem to support more who he is, what he's done, and who and what he stands for. They don't seem to be real interested in his plans, at least not the way Clinton fans are. That's just something I've noticed after attending more than 10 events for each candidate during this whole campaign race.