It came only hours before Obama was to take the stage at the Democratic National Convention to make the case that America’s first black president should be followed by its first female president.
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As much as Biden and other speakers sought to rally Democrats against Trump, protesters continued to mass and march outside the convention hall to denounce everything from Clinton’s nomination to the superdelegate process in the Democratic primary rules that ultimately favoured Clinton.
But Trump launched a pre-emptive attack at an incendiary press conference, contemptuously putting down Obama as a “disaster” and making a provocative call for Russian Federation to hack Clinton’s email.
Hillary Clinton has had a long history of breaking various glass ceilings.
One of the key themes of Obama’s 2004 speech was a reclamation of patriotism for the left.
The convention’s third night was also a time for Democrats to celebrate Obama’s legacy.
He told about how, early in their marriage, he tried to convince her to get into politics. “I see a younger generation full of energy and new ideas, unconstrained by what is, and ready to seize what ought to be”.
“She’s not always flashy”.
Or, as Bill put it, “Speeches like this are fun”, he said.
Whether you believe that’s profound or platitudinous, for one night during a week, month, and year of the ugliest political eye-gouging, Obama and Biden offered the country a rare helping of optimism.
Obama will also praise Clinton for having the experience and tenacity needed to be president. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. He had a 2-point lead over Clinton in a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday, the first time he has been ahead since early May.
Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson is due to speak at the Wells Fargo Arena as well as former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, who was part of Obama’s 21st Century Policing Task Force. “And it’s a popular president”. Now, it’s time to hear from Hillary Clinton.
He acknowledged that the former secretary of state had made mistakes, but asked who has not? . “What the grit, ingenuity and determination of the American people have achieved over the last eight years”. She pushed through a major education reform as first lady of Arkansas. And it wouldn’t have been possible without the president of the United States.
Leahy, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, based his argument on the prospect of Republican nominee Donald Trump nominating a justice to the U.S. Supreme Court. On the other is the sense that the arc of American progress is still bending toward a better future, one in which accepting the risks will yield greater benefits. And it was all over Vice President Joe Biden’s address, in which he described an America that’s home to “the finest fighting force” and “the largest economy” in the world. The presidential schedule for the days leading up to the remarks was largely cleared of events, aside from regular meetings with the defense and Treasury secretaries.
After his wife, Michelle Obama, brought delegates to their feet with a stirring speech Monday evening, Obama stayed up late into the night fine-tuning his words, the White House said.
But Barack Obama had a more hard challenge.
Obama’s address represents a bookend for a career that exploded into public consciousness from the stage of Democratic convention 12 years ago to the day with a celebrated address in Boston. “He’s not a facts guy, either”, Obama said.
“I look so young”.
Political scientist Alan Abramowitz of Emory University studied the relationship between an outgoing president’s approval rating and his party’s prospects in the next election.
He affected an impression of Trump and used the billionaire’s verbal tick “Believe Me” to ridicule him as a “slick talking, empty promising, self promoting, one man wrecking crew”. “But I’ve got news for them, too”.
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The speech, officials say, will act as a bookend for an increasingly reflective commander in chief.
