The former First Lady is the first woman to head a major party ticket. Although the effort was seen as a failure at the time – its recommendations were never put forward for a vote in Congress – many similar ideas were folded into the Affordable Care Act that became law 2010.
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Those questions arise because of Bill Clinton himself: a man capable of offering his wife unique counsel – but also capable of blundering into controversy.
“It is with humility, determination and boundless confidence in America’s promise that I accept your nomination for president”, Clinton said as thousands of party delegates, leaders and supporters at the Wells Fargo Center erupted in cheers and applause.
Moreover, a report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform found that “Illegal immigration costs US taxpayers about $113 billion a year at the federal, state, and local level” in 2013.
Hillary Clinton is viewed unfavorably by almost 60 percent of Americans. And yet she is just behind Clinton as the most admired woman in the United States.
Young Bill Clinton, although already a brash hotshot on campus, told us he was momentarily “speechless”.
My friends, I’ve known Hillary for decades.
“Like everyone else, he is who he is”, he said.
“You really have to learn how to use his greatest strengths and try to avoid the weaknesses as much as possible”.
“I mean, it’s an embarrassment of riches”, Kaine replied.
Hillary Clinton has only stood for election twice – and won both times: Hillary Clinton’s most bruising election was in 2000, when she ran for the U.S. Senate from NY. And by looked out for, I mean she’s gone to the mat.
Trump gets to play the war-hungry madman because President Obama, for all it has done to de-escalate George W. Bush’s imperialist atrocities, has spent eight years raining terror on Muslim populations across the Middle East with a brutal drone war.
A friendship that may get very awkward following Chelsea Clinton’s DNC speech, Hillary Clinton’s daughter is actually friends with Ivanka Trump, one of the children of her mom’s current rival, Republican candidate Donald Trump. That is why I support Hillary Clinton. I’m going to be calling and asking for his advice.
That’s how former President Bill Clinton began his speech at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night as he paid tribute to his wife and the new Democratic nominee for president, Hillary Clinton. HollywoodLifers, are you excited that America has its first female presidential nominee?
Finally, Clinton was going to protect our Democracy by appointing justices to the Supreme Court who will overturn the Citizens United decision, which lifted restrictions on political broadcasts.
He says he has stayed in touch with the Clintons over the years.
Salazar also predicted that Bill Clinton might take on a smaller role than most presidential spouses, given his philanthropic activities.
That has its own complications, namely that the Clinton family’s worldwide foundation work could pose conflicts of interest with the couple’s public responsibilities and Hillary Clinton’s policy prerogatives.
Yet Clinton has still at times thrown the campaign off-message. Clinton’s clear implication is that illegal aliens are a general net positive for the USA economy. But few know precisely how the two would proceed in such unexplored territory. “Now it’s a little bit more complicated with him because people still call former presidents Mr. President”, she said on Jimmy Kimmel Live back in February. “Because you know he knows how to do it”, she said in May. Clinton’s record has been generally pro-monilithic free-trade agreements and favorable toward Wall Street, which has doled out vast sums of money to hear her speak and to her campaign. That makes him more popular, overall, than Obama.
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“His charisma is still off the charts”, said Rep. Ted Lieu of Torrance.
