Hillary Clinton, Obama said, has all the tools.
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“You know, nothing truly prepares you for the demands of the Oval Office”.
“But Hillary’s been in the room; she’s been part of those decisions”, he said.
“No matter how daunting the odds; no matter how much people try to knock her down, she never, ever quits”.
Mr Obama described his nation as “full of courage”, “decent and generous”, but also concerned about racial divisions and “frustrated with political gridlock”.
“That is the Hillary I know“.
Trump has said he would seek to improve ties with Moscow if elected. “And I promise you, our strength, our greatness, does not depend on Donald Trump”.
Hillary Clinton joins US President Barack Obama onstage after his remarks on the third night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US July 27, 2016. “Well dammit it’s about time we had something good to vote for”. I don’t believe in science. We’re gonna destroy ISIS so fast – believe me! GOP officials said it was the official flag of Honduras, but it was actually the symbol for Blue Star Families – Kaine wears it in honor of his son, who’s a Marine.
Democrats are getting a reminder of the loneliness of being president. “America is already strong”, he declared to cheering delegates Wednesday night at the Democratic convention.
“We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Your voice?” he said.
Rather than reinvent herself before an American public that has followed every Clintonian turn of the past quarter century, the former secretary of state and one-time first lady must convince voters that she is worthy of the world’s biggest job.
Joe Biden. The vice president with the average-Joe touch rammed a pickup-truck-sized hole in Donald Trump’s claim to be the champion of the middle class. “He’s trying to tell us he cares about the middle class?” Give me a break!
In addition, while Clinton has won over Democratic women of her generation, she is having a hard time appealing to younger women, who had flocked to Bernie Sanders. The businessman, the president said, is selling fear to attract votes.
He’s delivering a speech that makes the case for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s election as his successor. “You’ve got to get in the arena with her, because democracy isn’t a spectator sport”, he said.
Liberals, particularly those who supported Vermont Sen. Our power comes from those immortal declarations first put to paper right here in Philadelphia all those years ago: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that together, We, the People, can form a more ideal union”.
Earlier in the day, Trump launched a pre-emptive attack against Obama, calling him “the most ignorant president in our history”.
Biden, meanwhile, portrayed Trump as sympathetic to “dictators”, citing positive statements the Republican nominee has made about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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‘While this nation has been tested by war and it’s been tested by recession and all manner of challenges, I stand before you again tonight, after nearly two terms as your President, to tell you I am more optimistic about the future of America than ever before, ‘ he said. “God help us”, said former NY mayor Michael Bloomberg, himself a billionaire entrepreneur and an independent whom Democrats called on to broaden Clinton’s appeal.
