Hundreds of Mid-Ohio Valley residents gathered in Parkersburg Wednesday morning to see former President Bill Clinton campaign for his wife, Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Clinton supporters, many of them holding copies of the former President's autobiography, "My Life," were lined up before doors opened at 10:00 am at the Jefferson Elementary Center on Plum Street.

West Virginia Democratic Delegate Dan Poling, who was appointed to the 10th District seat to replace J.D. Beane, appeared with Mr. Clinton and spoke for about five minutes before turning things over to the former President.

Mr. Clinton started out by thanking Del. Poling and other union representatives who turned out for the "Solutions for America" rally.

He said he was glad to be back in West Virginia. Mr. Clinton said West Virginia is important because "everyone will be able to vote," a reference to the Democratic National Committee stripping both Florida and Michigan of their delegates for violating party rules by scheduling their primaries too early.

According to Mr. Clinton, candidate Hillary Clinton can reverse the "dire shape" of the national economy by fixing both flat incomes and slow job growth. On the subject of clean coal technology, a major economic issue in West Virginia, Mr. Clinton said Hillary Clinton would share clean coal technology with China through a strategic energy fund. He says if elected, Hillary Clinton would also push for more technology to produce cheaper lithium batteries to power fuel-efficient electric vehicles.

According to Mr. Clinton, candidate Clinton would push for more energy-efficient buildings. Government inspectors would visit buildings, such as schools, assess savings potential and guarantee the calculations. That would encourage banks to make loans to fund building upgrades. The loans would then be repaid with the money saved. The upgrades would be performed using American "green collar" workers, providing further stimulus to the economy.

Other topics Mr. Clinton touched upon included high health care costs and those who do not have health care coverage.

Mr. Clinton spoke for 55 minutes.

Parkersburg was the first of three campaign stops for Mr. Clinton on Wednesday. His other two scheduled stops are the Gaston Caperton Community Center in the Kanawha County town of Chesapeake and an event in Beckley.

Clinton was the last Democrat to win West Virginia's electoral votes in a Presidential contest, winning the state in 1992 and 1996.

We'll have the complete Special Report of Wednesday's "Solutions for America" rally from Jefferson Elementary Center available here on our web channel later Wednesday evening.