The mood in the arena was jubilant but as one Hillary Clinton delegate put it, this is a love fest.
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What’s more, I’m pretty sure that if you watched it and you’re honest with yourself, you know it, too. It was the first time she was formally addressing the convention, though it isn’t the first time she’s been spotted. The shoot-from-the-hip billionaire believes he can make headway in those states with blue-collar white men, a demographic that has eluded Clinton and was unlikely to be swayed by a convention that heavily celebrated racial and gender diversity. Clinton has picked up some Republican endorsements in recent weeks, including Brent Scowcroft, a national security adviser to President George H.W. Bush, and Hank Paulson, a Treasury secretary under President George W. Bush.
As she prepared to deliver her speech, people familiar with the matter said the FBI is investigating a cyber attack against another Democratic Party group, which may be related to an earlier hack against the Democratic National Committee.
“He’s offering empty promises”.
In a fiery, passionate and at times amusing speech, Granholm made clear that unlike Donald Trump, Clinton has actual detailed plans to create good-paying American jobs, protect our children’s health and build the economy of the future. “The choice is clear”.
“She is going to lay out a case tonight about the constancy of the battles she’s fought for children and families, about her own story, the people who have inspired her, those she’s fought for”, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta told NPR News. And on Thursday, she acknowledged it.
Her high-stakes remarks follow a rousing speech by US President Barack Obama, who said there had never been a man or woman more qualified than Mrs Clinton to serve as president. One of her most effective sequences was: “I sweat the details of policy-whether we’re talking about the exact level of lead in the drinking water in Flint, Michigan, the number of mental health facilities in Iowa, or the cost of your prescription drugs”.
In an apparent move to woo disgruntled liberal supporters of Bernie Sanders, her former rival in the nomination race, Clinton also vowed to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling that opened the door to unlimited donation in U.S. politics and to strengthen regulations of Wall Street banks and big corporations. Hillary!” “A lot of people looked at the title and asked, what the heck do you mean by that? “Your cause is our cause”. On T.V., Clinton delegates waved “stronger together” posters, but on the floor their delegations more often than not were like ships in the night passing at uncomfortably close range.
Michelle Bryant, a radio talk host in Milwaukee who is attending the convention, said she’s heard similar concerns from some people who call in to her show.
She not only offered grace notes to Bernie Sanders and suggested the two campaigns’ cooperation on the platform could easily continue into the general election (“Your cause is our cause”), but in the agenda portion of the speech she directly borrowed Sanders-style rhetoric, particularly on college tuition, Citizens United, and income inequality.
“The optics were not pretty, but I couldn’t be upset with them”.
Clinton referenced her book, “It Takes A Village”, in calling people to work together, saying: “None of us can raise a family, build a business, heal a community or lift a country totally alone”.
Throughout the convention, Democrats tried to convey the stakes of the election not only to Sanders backers but Republicans concerned about Trump’s bombastic tone and foreign policy positions.
He wasn’t the only one in the “Republicans for Clinton” camp. “Trust me. I know”. I worked for Ronald Reagan.
America, in other words, could not afford to roll the dice on a potential Donald Trump presidency. “This year, I will vote for a Democrat for the first time”.
Because of his lack of experience and his explosive temperament, Clinton said that Trump could not reasonably be trusted to handle nuclear weapons. “I also know that our armed forces will not become an instrument of torture”.
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Citing recent terrorist attacks in the USA and overseas by “determined enemies that must be defeated”, Clinton plans to say: “No wonder people are anxious and looking for reassurance – looking for steady leadership”.
