The Democratic convention is expected to bring more than 4,700 delegates to the Wells Fargo Center near Philadelphia’s waterfront, along with a host of politicos, as well as activists planning to stage protests around the event.
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“I personally believe that she will get the nomination, and I personally believe that she will be elected to the president of the United States”, the lifelong Democrat said. The issue is tailor-made for a demagogue like Donald Trump, who came out at the convention as the law-and-order candidate America needs in a moment of crisis.
“Democracy is messy”, Costilla said.
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Those are just some of the Democrats from Southeast Minnesota who are headed to Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention, which kicks off on Monday.
“I always voted, but I decided in 2000 to help the DFL where and when I could supporting candidates within the DFL that I identified with such as Paul Wellstone”.
Democrats are coming together, said Annette Gross, a delegate from Carmel who supports Clinton. And it suggests that the logical thing for Mr. Sanders to do is re-think whether it is to Mrs. Clinton that he wants to throw his endorsement.
While Ohio Gov. John Kasich took a high-profile pass on the Republican convention, three Ohio officials have been announced as convention speakers for Philadelphia. His supporters argue that Clinton’s substantial superdelegate lead may have influenced the outcome of the race, although Clinton also led Sanders with pledged delegates.
Judith Dempsey of is one of four delegates to the convention from House District 19, which covers coastal Collier and Lee counties.
Feingold summed up the argument this way: “I believe that there’s no question that Hillary Clinton is far more qualified and far more ready to be the president of a divided country in a risky world than Donald Trump, who frankly doesn’t have a clue”. “I guess I’m hoping for a miracle”.
“To really get an idea of the political system and just jump in the pool of politics right away, see what it is really like at the top”.
At one point during the campaign cycle, there was discussion in the DNC over how to respond to Sanders’ assertions that he would oust DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz if elected.
The leaked documents will do nothing to increase trust among voters over Clinton’s attitudes towards her allies.
His group is aiming to show support for Sanders and to change the DNC’s rules for future elections.
But there still is a potential challenge to party unity from Bernie Sanders supporters. Sanders gave Hillary Clinton a competitive race for the Democratic presidential nomination and drew many new voters, especially young people, to the party. “My expectations are pretty much satisfied”, he said.
“We don’t have any choice”, said Bunch, who won a slot earlier this year as a Sanders convention delegate.
Clinton has 602 superdelegates to Sanders’ 48. Through negotiations, it now reflects support for a $15-an-hour minimum wage and free college for working-class families, among other Sanders’ priorities. I know a lot of people were hoping for Sen.
“We need to make sure that nobody does anything when Bernie speaks, and we need to make sure that nobody does anything when Hillary speaks, ” said Webb.
Clinton and Kaine are being greeted by cheers from a boisterous Miami crowd in the crucial battleground state of Florida.
“They have every single right to be upset with the process and how it has failed them because it has failed people”, Kitterman said.
“I don’t think anyone has ever been more qualified to be president than Secretary Clinton”, Wachs said, citing Clinton’s experience as a first lady, US senator and secretary of state.
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On its web page, Wikileaks said the new cache of emails came from the accounts of “seven key figures in the DNC” and warned the release was “part one of our new Hillary Leaks series” – an indication that more material might be published soon. Sanders is opposed to the trade deal and Clinton changed course and expressed opposition, too, during the campaign.
