Howard said she didn’t believe the poll showing Trump ahead of Clinton was accurate. He described the experience, “to meet her family and see the town where she grew up, a flawless example of post World War II middle class America, street after street of nice houses, great schools, good parks, a big public swimming pool, and nearly all white”.
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Sullivan said the campaign will also highlight what he called Trump’s “bizarre and occasional obsequious fascination with dictators and strongmen”, including Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and Russian president Vladimir Putin. “We can and must do better”.
Sanders took the floor in a bid to unify the party, drawing deafening cheers and a chorus of “ayes” when he called for Hillary Clinton to be selected.
In New York’s delegation, annoyed Sanders supporters struggled to even secure a room to meet in to discuss all that’s happened.
A few days later, still trying to impress his future bride, the former president spotted Rodham-Clinton in line to register for classes and raced to join her. But what came out of the almost hour-long address was a simple, but personal message that only a husband could convey: Hillary has never given up in her life, nor will she ever give up improving the lives of the American people as President.
He described the variety of boards and commissions she served on during his administrations, crafting policy changes on topics from K-12 school funding in Arkansas to children’s health insurance, which he argued improved the quality of education in Arkansas and extended health insurance to millions of children nationwide.
I want to grow up to be a lawyer so I can help other families, like us.
As well as Obama, speakers on Wednesday will include Clinton’s vice presidential running mate, Tim Kaine, Vice President Joe Biden, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Leon Panetta, a former defense secretary and former head of the Central Intelligence Agency.
From FactCheck.org: On a night headlined by President Bill Clinton’s admiration for his wife – the now official Democratic nominee – there was a less-than-glowing treatment of some facts.
“If you win elections on the theory that government is always bad and will mess up a two-car parade, a real change represents a real threat”, he said.
Looking forward and looking back – At Fusion, Collier Meyerson examines the diversity within the Democratic and Republican conventions: “Essentially, we’re being given two distinct version of America: last week we saw its past, and this week we’re seeing its future”.
He dismissed the multiple views of his wife, telling delegates and the nation: “One is real, the other is made up”. To give you an America where no one is invisible or counted out. A woman who “built a new global counterterrorism effort” and “calls you when you’re sick or when your kid’s in trouble”. All that made the narrative, about a woman who has fascinated and inspired her husband for 45 years, more riveting… There are clear, achievable, affordable responses to our challenges.
“If there are any little girls out there who stayed up late to watch”, Clinton continued, “Let me just say, I may become the first woman President”. We have a lot to do to rebuild the credibility of the DNC. “This was a four-day Hillary party, and we weren’t welcome”, said Liz Maratea, 31, of New Jersey. You know it because she’s spent a lifetime doing it. “It’s fine to stand on principle, but also politics is the art of the possible and I would hope they would understand the seriousness of this campaign”. I hope you’ll elect her. Those of us have more yesterdays than tomorrows, tend to care more about our children and grandchildren.
“I mentioned that we’re going to run a 50-state campaign”, he said, “so we’re going to be in MA and we’re going to be there to make sure that we are electing Democrats up and down the ballot”.
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“God bless you and thank you”, he ended.
