Eight years later, Obama is headed out of office, and Clinton is seen as his political successor, something of a continuation of his two terms, who would try keep in place many key programs like Obamacare. “This is kind of a bittersweet moment for Jill and me and our family”.
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“I think there has been in both parties not enough… respect shown…to ordinary people busting their necks”, he said.
Winning back Democratic control of the Senate is a top priority for Biden, a self-described “Senate man”.
During the Democrats’ convention, the fallout from the hack and the effort to appease Sanders’ fans have competed with the celebration of Clinton’s landmark achievement. There could be another walkout by Sanders delegates before Kaine starts his speech. “Please stop this man now”.
The release follows more than 19,000 stolen DNC emails that WikiLeaks published on its website last week.
To so-called “Bernie-or-Bust” supporters who are adamant that they won’t vote for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, vice president Joe Biden said he’d offer the following message: “If you’re as moral and centered as you say you are, I know you can’t vote for Trump”.
One former national security council official in the George W. Bush administration described Trump’s comments as “tantamount to treason”.
Later in Panetta’s speech, chants of “USA!” filled the arena.
That was clear Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention.
How much of the speech will be valedictory, and how much will be a defense of Hillary Clinton? It is about saving mom and dad from the indignity of having to look at their child and say, “I’m sorry, the bank would not lend us the money”.
It also alludes to personal loss in Biden’s life – the deaths of his first wife and daughter in 1972, and son Beau Biden from cancer previous year.
Kaine cast the contest between Clinton and Republican Donald Trump as a choice between building a “community of respect” or embracing “the politics of division”. On Wednesday night, he steps on the convention stage as the battle-hardened president hoping his legacy won’t be eroded by the outcome of the election to replace him.
“During her years as secretary of state, once a week we had breakfast in my home”.
Aides to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi say she has raised more than $93 million for Democratic candidates trying to whittle down her chamber’s Republican majority in this November’s elections.
President Barack Obama says Republican Donald Trump “is somebody who likes attention and maybe surprised himself that he got this far”.
In Hutson’s view, “that’s not law and order”.
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Obama also suggested he was anxious about authoritarian tendencies in Trump. John McCain for being captured as a prisoner of war during Vietnam. “This right now is the greatest country on earth”, the first lady said (via CNN).
