Obama: Prime-time Bill Clinton

OK, it looks that the only Clinton not speaking at the Democratic convention is Chelsea, although we bet that changes soon. Bill Clinton “ was offered an invitation to speak on Aug. 27, three senior Democratic officials said, before the address by the party’s vice-presidential nominee. The Obama campaign extended the offer on Thursday to Mr. Clinton, who accepted it.” Per NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, Obama campaign officials insist it was never in doubt that Bill Clinton would speak, but it was only after Obama reached out and called the former president himself that a prime-time speech for Clinton was confirmed. The Washington Post : "The Obama and Clinton camps said this week that they agree on a central point: They would like to avoid an embarrassing display of discord from Clinton's most ardent backers when the national convention begins in just over two weeks. Conversations about how to achieve that have increasingly focused on the question of whether Clinton's name will be offered in a ... (link)