You’ve got to get in the arena with her, because democracy isn’t a spectator sport. But we are not afraid. “It’s never a joke; it’s something we should all take seriously”, she said.
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Some Democrats still aren’t convinced of her candidacy, either, a sentiment underscored by the protests of a small but boisterous set of supporters of her primary challenger Bernie Sanders.
As she prepared to deliver her speech, people familiar with the matter said the FBI is investigating a cyber intrusion against a major Democratic Party congressional fundraising group, an attack that may be related to an earlier hack against the party’s apparatus. “With me it’s more about her proving herself – not me being with her, but her being with us”.
Hillary Clinton faces the test of a lifetime Thursday as she accepts the Democratic White House nomination in a defining speech aimed at prizing voters away from Donald Trump – and convincing America to entrust her with the world’s biggest job.
It will be a hard and high-stakes task for the guarded Clinton, 68, known to be a more effective politician in small gatherings than on big stages.
Vying to be the first woman elected president in USA history, Clinton needs to make a convincing argument she can bring about change while representing the legacy of Obama, who is nearing the end of his second four-year term with high approval ratings.
She must make inroads with voters who find her untrustworthy or unlikable, as her favorability ratings in polls have hit all-time lows.
Michelle Obama’s deeply personal speech on Monday, which made the case for having black and female leaders in governance, also earned bipartisan accolades.
“Hillary Clinton is “lista”, he said.
Keanuu Smith-Brown, a 20-year-old Sanders supporter from Baltimore, said he has come to grips with the “reality” of the election and suggested he would ultimately vote for Clinton. They both garner high “unpopularity” ratings. As Obama battled Clinton for the 2008 Democratic nomination, he lauded Reagan for changing “the trajectory of America” and said that Republicans “were the party of ideas for a pretty long chunk of time”.
Trump rejected the optimism voiced at the Democratic convention, saying Democrats were talking about “a world that doesn’t exist” and papering over Clinton’s problems and mistakes.
“Folks, you can not believe one word that comes out of Donald Trump’s mouth”, he said.
“He said don’t talk down”.
It’s not over yet, but Hillary Clinton’s campaign is already looking to claim victory with this week’s Democratic National Convention.
Following former USA president Bill Clinton’s address a day earlier, they touted Hillary Rodham Clinton’s remarkable journey from young attorney and Arkansas governor’s wife to half of the two-for-one presidency that oversaw a booming economy, without mentioning the scandals; from NY lawmaker to defeated presidential hopeful; from the US’ top diplomat to the first woman ever put forward by a major party for president.
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“I think this issue has turned beyond politics and rhetoric”, Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook told “CBS This Morning”.
