Clinton says Bush governs 'for the few' - Yahoo! News

Clinton says Bush governs 'for the few' - Yahoo! News: "Clinton says Bush governs 'for the few' " By JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 1 minute ago COLUMBUS, Ohio - Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized President Bush on Saturday as running a "government of the few, for the few and by the few." "For six long years our hardworking middle class families have been invisible to this president," she said, promising to be a president who again sets goals for the country. Democrats attending the Ohio state party's annual dinner gave a rousing cheer when the senator from New York asked, "Are you ready to end the war in Iraq and restore America's reputation around the world?" Only two Democrats since 1900 have won the presidency without carrying Ohio and no Republican has done so. The state clinched re-election for Bush in 2004, but Democrats have new optimism that they can win the state that Clinton's husband carried twice. Democrats captured the Ohio governor's seat for the first time in 16 years last November and, in a backlash attributed in part to a state government investment scandal, seized three other statewide offices long held by Republicans. The $150-per-plate dinner drew about 3,000 people and generated $550,000 after expenses for the party, the most money the dinner has ever raised, said Chris Redfern, the Ohio Democratic Party chairman. Clinton, leading the Democratic field for president in national and Ohio polls, promised universal health care and said she would make college more affordable. She also said she would be more aggressive in developing alternative sources of energy and that her administration would hire more qualified people for government jobs. Clinton came to Ohio from South Carolina where she gave the commencement address at historically black Claflin University earlier on Saturday. She spoke of making college more affordable and gave a nod to Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record), her Senate colleague and Democratic primary opponent, while drawing on the university's 1960s-era demonstrations.