“I will be a president for Democrats, Republicans, and independents” Clinton declared to deafening cheers Thursday, as she made the case that America’s first black president should be followed by America’s first female president. So let me tell you.
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Earlier in the day on Friday, Pence spoke in Indianapolis where he ripped Clinton’s nomination acceptance speech as “more of the same”. There was star power, optimistic messages of unity and striking moments of support for Clinton from military veterans.
Barack Obama didn’t say that Hillary Clinton could not be trusted or that she was not qualified for president.
Promising Americans a steady hand, Clinton cast herself as a unifier for divided times, steeled for a volatile world by decades in politics that she admitted have left some Americans skeptical of her character.
Clinton’s main opponent in the general election is Republican Party nominee Donald Trump.
The event kicked-off a bus tour of Pennsylvania and neighboring OH, also a key electoral state. Hillary gave a reasoned, forceful speech on Thursday night, but it wasn’t her delivery that inspired us, it was the words she said, and the person saying them.
“I want you to know, I’ve heard you”, she said.
She said she had “a really late night” after her speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination. “It’s just not right that Donald Trump can ignore his debts, but students and families can’t refinance theirs”. The achievement was underscored by Hillary’s own life story, which she related in some detail in the speech.
Much of Mrs Clinton’s address to Democrats gathered in Philadelphia for their party’s convention was focused on perhaps her biggest weakness come November – a tough public image forged over decades of withering political trench warfare. Bernie Sanders. The former Secretary of State laid out some of the progressive policies championed by the primary runner-up and extended an olive branch to the populist wing of the party. “You might have noticed, I love talking about mine”.
She presented a vision for the U.S. that was in stark contrast to her Republican rival Donald Tump, who unveiled last week a dark vision of a divided nation at war within and overseas.
Mrs Clinton also trained fire on Mr Trump’s dystopian view of the US.
The presidential election presented a stark choice on national security, she said, with the USA facing “determined enemies that must be defeated”.
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A separate Reuters/Ipsos survey that adds minor candidates to the list of choices shows Clinton and Trump tied at 37 points.
