podesta, the honorable laura tyson, the honorable bruce reed, the honorable thurgood marshall, jr., the honorable marcher goggles, and the honorable alander. [applause] >> good afternoon. i think my mic is working. it is. and bob did a tremendous job of setting the table, but several of us were down in little rock a couple weeks ago to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the announcement of governor clinton's campaign for the presidency. and i read this speech going down there, and it was eerily relevant to today. and i just wanted to add a bit to what bob said ntu a sense of what president clinton was come into when he came into office. the country was facing what within the biggest budget deficits in history, may be facing small by comparison to today, the economy was weak, unemployment was rising to 7.5% from a base that was just under seven in 1991. cbo expects the unemployment rate to stay above 6% for the first clinton term. just a month before the inauguration of "the new york times" ran a headline gloomy prospect seemed for growth worldwide in 93. 50.1% of americans live in poverty. a number that went down by a quarter under thos