After the rally, Gore and Gephardt left New Hampshire for another event in Iowa, where the first presidential caucuses will be held next year.
Throughout his speech, Gore tried to strike a balance between lauding the Clinton administration's record while differentiating himself from his boss.
He stressed that while he intended to follow Clinton's economic policies, in the future the country will "face entirely new challenges, and we need new answers."
Gore named urban sprawl and government waste as challenges he would address as president.
Gore avoided explicitly mentioning President Clinton's impeachment during his address, though he praised the speech Gephardt delivered on the morning of Clinton's impeachment as "the finest on the House floor I've heard."
In that speech, which came moments after incoming Speaker Robert Livingston (R-La.) announced his resignation, Gephardt called for politicians to "stop destroying imperfect people at the altar of an unobtainable morality."
At the press conference following the rally, Gore said he did not approve of Clinton's actions either.
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