Eight years after the bitter primary battle that Obama won, the president and his ex-rival are engaged in a baton-passing partnership: Clinton presenting herself as the protector of his legacy; Obama seeing the election in November as an affirmation of his course as president, if she wins.
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As polls show Trump resonating among white, working-class voters, especially those without college degrees, Biden used his blue-collar bona fides to paint Trump as a fraud who has “no clue” about the needs and struggles of the middle class.
Clinton formally captured the Democratic nomination Tuesday night and declared the barrier keeping women from the presidency almost broken.
That doesn’t even count former President Bill Clinton and the heroes of the progressive left who spoke earlier in the week, and whose support was brokered after some delicate maneuverings.
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.
“I am more optimistic about the future of America than ever before”.
The two-term president rallied his party’s faithful at their national convention, offering a comprehensive endorsement of his first secretary of state as the one person uniquely qualified to succeed him.
The base-boosting strategy has some Democrats anxious Clinton is ceding too much ground to her opponent.
But he continued: “Mr Trump is providing something new and something fresh”.
“If you’re serious about our democracy, you can’t afford to stay home just because she might not align with you on every issue”, he said. “He has no clue about makes America great”, he said.
Trump pushed back on the Democrats’ insinuations that Russian Federation is trying to tip the scales in his favor.
“I have nothing to do with Russian Federation”, he exclaimed in a free-flowing news conference at his resort in Florida.
Clinton’s campaign hopes Sanders’ supporters refrain from protesting her running mate Kaine when he takes the stage Wednesday night. Vice President Joe Biden will deliver his valedictory.
President Barack Obama plans to vouch for Hillary Clinton’s foreign-policy credentials in a speech Wednesday meant to rebut Republican criticism of her record as secretary of state. Tim Kaine, will get his turn in the spotlight.
In an impassioned speech Wednesday, President Barack Obama forcefully defended America from a pessimistic Republican view and promoted his chosen successor, Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention.
The base-boosting strategy has some Democrats anxious Clinton is ceding too much ground to her opponent. Holding a sign saying “Centenarian for Hillary”, 102-year-old Jerry Emmett of Prescott, Arizona, cast her state delegation’s vote. Democrats spent little time discussing terrorism or the Islamic State group this week, though there was significantly more focus on those threats Wednesday. Biden said as much on MSNBC on Wednesday morning.
It a tweet, Trump accused Biden of misstating his position. He also backed an increase to the minimum wage to $10 per hour.
“He’s betting that if he scares enough people, he might score just enough votes to win this election,”Obama told a frankly rapturous crowd”.
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“As of yesterday, I guess, officially our campaign ended”, a teary Sanders acknowledged during a meeting with New England delegates.
