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Bill Clinton offered a speaking role(by Obama at convention)
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... Murray Filed Under: Democrats, 2008, Clinton, Obama From NBC's Andrea Mitchell NBC News has learned that the Obama campaign, in an effort to quiet talk of the Obama-Clinton drama, has offered Bill Clinton a speaking role on Wednesday night at the Democratic convention -- before the vice presidential running mate speaks. Sources say that Clinton in fact will speak. The campaign rushed tonight to resolve the issue after network news reports about the Clintons and Obama. Read more: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/07/12543...

Bill Clinton Offered Wednesday Speaking Slot
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — NBC News "has learned that the Obama campaign, in an effort to quiet talk of the Obama-Clinton drama, has offered Bill Clinton a speaking role on Wednesday night at the Democratic convention -- before the vice presidential running mate speaks." ...

Unsubstantiated Rumor: Bill Clinton To Speak at Denver Convention; This Does Nothing To End Obama-Clinton Rift
Ace of Spades HQ — Unsubstantiated Rumor: Bill Clinton To Speak at Denver Convention; This Does Nothing To End Obama-Clinton Rift Finally waking up to just how bad it looks to exclude the most recent Democratic president from any speaking role at the convention, the Obama campaign has offered a Wednesday night spot to Bill Clinton . NBC's sources say that Clinton "will in fact speak." I don't know if that means he's accepted or that Obama's people are saying that Clinton has accepted, but I wouldn't believe it until someone more trustworthy than NBC's unnamed sources announces it. Yes, if true ...

Bubba By Numbers
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... I think there is more risk than the insta-pundit reaction seems to be acknowledging in the news that Bill Clinton will speak just before the Vice Presidential nominee on the Wednesday night of the Democratic convention. This is a huge speech, and it means that there is going to be an awful lotta Clinton at the convention, with Hillary probably delivering the keynote on Tuesday and Bill stealing the spotlight on Wednesday. ...

Bill Clinton's Democratic Convention Speech To Take Place On Wednesday Night
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Convention: Multiple sources tell CNN that former President Bill Clinton will have a speaking role at the Democratic Convention, scheduled to take place in Denver later this month. The sources say he will speak Wednesday night, the night of the vice presidential nominee's speech. Barack Obama will officially become the presidential nominee the next night. Candy Crowley also reports Obama and Bill Clinton spoke today. NBC News also reports that Bill Clinton will speak on Wednesday night of the convention: ...

Following Bill
Taylor Marsh — ... Whoever the vice presidential pick, he or she has the worst billing ever. Following William Jefferson Clinton is never an easy task. But that’s the slated scheduling according to NBC News. ...

Deranged NBC Says Bill Clinton Will Speak at Convention in Order to Get Media to
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... convention in order to get the media to cool it with the gossip and stop making up drama and trashing the Clintons 24/7. In other words, the world revolves around the pundits. Gawd. Can we get term limits for the pundits? Actually, there appears to be no way to quiet the Clinton-hating, soap-opera media. Oh well, if Obama should happen to win, the diseased media will undoubtedly ease up on the Clinton hatred in order to rip Barack and Michelle Obama to shreds. From NBC's Andrea Mitchell: NBC News has learned that the Obama campaign, in an ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — WELCOME BACK, MY FRIENDS, TO THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS So there's going to be a Hillary Clinton speech at the Democratic convention on Tuesday night and, now, this: NBC News has learned that the Obama campaign, in an effort to quiet talk of the Obama-Clinton drama, has offered Bill Clinton a speaking role on Wednesday night at the Democratic convention -- before the vice presidential running mate speaks. Sources say that Clinton in fact will speak.... More here. **** Regular readers of this blog know that I had ...

Veepstakes: The Clintons and the Convention
The Reaction — ... Which is not to say that she would be the perfect choice either. There's the not-so-small matter of her husband, after all. Although he has apparently been offered a speaking role at the Convention, it is not clear what role he would play, or how he would behave, if Hillary were on the ticket. (Interesting note: It is being reported that he will speak on Wednesday night, right before the running mate speaks. Could Bill be the lead-in to Hillary?) ...