Earlier on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton secured the Democratic Party’s 2016 nomination for the Nov 8 election, becoming the first woman to head the ticket of a major party in U.S. history.
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“In the spring of 1971, I met a girl”.
“I move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for the president of the United States”, Sanders said.
Bill Clinton added something different to Hillary’s campaign – the human element. One of the senators who nominated Clinton during the state roll call was Maryland Sen. I said, ‘I really want to you marry me, but you shouldn’t do it.’ She said, ‘That’s not a very good sales pitch.’ I said, ‘I know most of the young Democrats our age who want to go into politics, they mean well and they speak well, but none of them are as good as you are at actually doing things to make positive changes in people’s lives.’ So I suggested she go home to IL or move to NY and look for a chance to run for office.
“Like any successful marriage, they make each other better”, the official said. She just laughed and said, ‘Are you out of your mind?
After a tough battle with US Senator Bernie Sanders during the state-by-state nominating contests, Clinton is now the party’s standard-bearer against Republican nominee Donald Trump.
“Change maker” was a word and a theme he returned to again and again.
“I have lived a long full blessed life”.
“She’s insatiably curious, she’s a natural leader”, he said, describing her as the Clinton family’s “designated worrier” who was “born with an extra responsibility gene”.
In 2012, he acted as a powerful validator for President Barack Obama, electrifying the room as the party’s “explainer-in-chief”. He would take on Trump in the area where the NY real estate developer seeks to appeal to voters: his business acumen, said campaign chair Podesta.
This week’s National Convention in Philadelphia aims to inject more life into her likability. “This is more about her”.
Bill Clinton felt pressure to perform for his wife and make up for his own missteps during her second presidential campaign.
Almost 70, he’s also a bit frailer, a touch shakier, though aides and friends say his famous memory remains sharp. While aides have said he will not get a Cabinet post or a seat in the Situation Room should his wife win, Clinton has made clear that her closest adviser will remain involved with her administration, saying he’d likely have a role in managing the nation’s economy.
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Bill Clinton is a gifted speaker. But on Tuesday night, he hinted, just barely, that Clinton perhaps is finally getting her part of the deal. And I believe he was a pretty good president, although much of the good stuff from those years is seriously undermined by his personal failings, which included some staggering shortcomings in the category of faithful husband.
