Clinton obtained the 2,382 delegates she needed to claim the nomination after South Dakota put her over the top.
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“If you were sitting where I’m sitting…at every dinner conversation, every lunch conversation, on every long walk, this woman is never satisfied with the status quo”, the former president said. She has always wanted to move the ball forward.
“The vintage speech showed up Hillary Clinton as super-smart, strong, committed, determined and genuine”, added Bradford.
Forty-three pictures flashed across a screen at the arena in Philadelphia hosting the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, each showing one of the men who has served as president of the United States.
Clinton’s landmark achievement saturated the roll call with emotion and symbols of women’s long struggle to break through political barriers.
After the Vermont delegation voted, Sanders moved to name Clinton the nominee. Hours after she became the first woman to be the presidential nominee of a major party, America had to be reminded that she was both ordinary and extraordinary at the same time.
Six years later, as a penalty for supporting the Iraq war, Lieberman was drummed out of the party and survived only by winning re-election running as an independent. “I thought when Bernie did that it was a great moment for our party”. By contrast, many eminent Republicans were absent from the party convention that nominated Trump for the White House last week.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo had a full schedule Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention, aimed at showcasing some of his strengths, including supporting LGBT rights and helping the homeless. “We get frustrated with political gridlock, worry about racial divisions; are shocked and saddened by the madness of Orlando or Nice”, he’ll say.
Democrats have buttressed Clinton with a star gathering of current and past party notables.
“But the vast majority of delegates, activists and donors understand what’s at stake here, ” he said.
“Hillary is uniquely qualified to seize the opportunities and reduce the risks we face”, he said.
Following the nomination vote, much of the remainder of Tuesday’s convention was spent defining the nominee.
Here’s a roundup of key Pew Research Center findings on views of Hillary Clinton, her politics and the impact she would have on Washington.
The former president took voters back to a time before an affair with an intern led to his impeachment – and to intense public scrutiny of the first couple’s marriage.
Clinton, who aides say wrote his speech himself, emphasized the former first lady’s role as a wife, mother and advocate as well as a politician.
One speaker after another from the assorted worlds Clinton has inhabited – politics, women’s advocacy, child welfare, education reform – sought to offer a more human portrayal than that of a striving and scheming politician, beleaguered lately over her use of a private email server to conduct government business. It’s an age of hard-headedness – go ahead, point the finger at me, I’ve got it coming – a time when a guy who could charm the quills off an angry porcupine can’t convince people his wife is more than just some absurd caricature.
“Bill Clinton spoke tonight”.
The former president has campaigned frequently for his wife during the White House race, but mostly in smaller cities and towns, part of an effort by the campaign to keep him in a more behind-the-scenes role. Summoning his charm and nostalgia-factor, Bill said that the Hillary that people don’t trust or don’t like is not real. She makes people’s lives better.
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She was appearing by video from NY and said Democrats had put the “biggest crack” yet in the so-called glass ceiling preventing women from advancing to higher jobs.
