But the more she talks policy, the more she reminds people she’s been a part of so much they want to change.
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“We did everything together for Bernie that we could”, Schoch said.
The second and arguably more hard task involves assuring anxious Americans who are itching for solutions to our big problems that a vote for the Democrat won’t be a vote for the same-old, same-old.
Portman didn’t speak at the Republican convention, and drew a lot of national media attention for his schedule that kept him away from the convention hall most of the week, including kayaking to support wounded veterans and working in a Habitat for Humanity project.
Bernie Sanders supporters failed in their attempt to get rid of the superdelegate system on Saturday, although the Sanders and Clinton camps apparently reached a compromise for future presidential elections.
Sanders supporters who dont trust her ought to recognize that she is a serious policymaker and public servant who has been wrestling with the issues for decades, and when she says something, she has given it some thought.
That hasn’t been helped by the controversy over her use of a personal server for work emails during her time as secretary of state, as well as the pointed criticism she received about that recently from FBI Director James Comey. Super Delegates overwhelmingly backed Mrs Clinton.
If this election cycle has taught political pundits anything, said Alper, “It’s always better to have money than to not have money”.
Nebraska democrats voted to get rid of superdelegates at their state convention in June. “And so I think Hillary will make a good president”.
An estimated 50,000 people from across the country – 4,763 voting Democratic delegates, family members, candidates, party staffers and volunteers, reporters, political pundits, lobbyists, merchandise vendors, protesters, and others – are expected to descend upon the City of Brotherly Love this week for the first time since 1948 when Harry Truman was nominated.
“But do I expect anything to be reality TV dramatic?”
Delegate Joe Rugola, an OH labor leader from Westerville, said that Clinton’s reputation has suffered after 25 years of “right-wing vitriol”, but she can reassure voters by displaying her competence at the convention. “We have so much more in common than we have that divides us, and yet Donald Trump wants to focus on the things that divide us”.
Ed Higgins, the creator of this march, and others believe Sanders is “the rightful nominee” and that the Democratic National Committee stacked the deck against him and made it impossible for him to claim the crown. If the DNC does not meet those demands, they say, they will organize a massive effort to de-register voters from the party.
Reed, 78, attended the Democratic convention in 2008, where Obama was nominated as the first African-American presidential candidate by a major party.
He described Clinton’s credibility as a major liability headed into November and he warned that her candidacy could pave the way for a Trump presidency. The trick: Show the familiar Clinton – and equally familiar party planks – as something fresh. “So we try to pattern what we do after what Bernie would do”, Leonard said.
“I’ve been able to live from that era to now when young women don’t even think it’s a big deal”, Las said. As a sign of how firmly the Clinton operation has control over the apparatuses of the Democratic Party, “Ready for Hillary” has changed its name to the more prim and politically correct “Madam President”. “She cares about prosperity for all of us”‘.
Hamlar, a local business owner and early Clinton supporter, said he was drawn to Clinton’s proposals to boost the middle class. “We need to take the message from this week and spread it around the state”.
“They have to unify for us to beat Donald Trump”, she said. The announced theme is: “United Together”. In between, a string of figures ranging from President Barack Obama to longtime Clinton confidant Gov. Terry McAuliffe will take the stage.
“Not just unity for the party, but unity for the country”, Kitterman said.
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Debra Haaland, chairwoman of the New Mexico Democratic Party, said she’s “not worried” that Democrats will be divided in Philadelphia. “There is no way we can have Donald Trump in the White House to serve as president”. “It’s not leadership. Leadership is about showing a vision and then paving a clear path to obtain that vision”. However, the Sanders campaign has long maintained that this was not the case and the campaign was putting a thumb on the scale in Clinton’s favor and he has called for the replacement of DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
