elections.foxnews.com - 8/27/2008
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Hours before Hillary Clinton took center stage Tuesday night to offer words of healing for the Democratic Party, her husband was detonating what could be interpreted as another blast at presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
Speaking at a forum of ex-world leaders held less than a mile from the site of the Democratic National Convention, Bill Clinton drew an analogy that had many wondering whether the former president had made peace with the idea of an Obama candidacy.
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Report: Tensions Boil in Denver Over Bill Clinton’s Speech
thepage.time.com 8/26/2008 —
Politico details the behind-the-scenes drama between the Obama and Clinton camps on the eve of the party’s convention.
Associates say the former president is disappointed he’s being told to speak about national security in ...
Al Sharpton has sharp words for the Clintons
latimesblogs.latimes.com 8/26/2008 — Rev. Al is not happy with the Clintons.
With the Democratic National Convention abuzz with anticipation over Hillary Clinton’s speech to it tonight, civil rights activist Al Sharpton says she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton , cannot ...
Liveblogging Bill Clinton and Sen. Biden —
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The Briefing Room will liveblog the speeches by former President Bill Clinton and Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) Wednesday night at the Democratic convention.
Clinton is is scheduled to speak at around 9:05 p.m. ET. Biden will take the stage after 10 p.m.
After Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) urged her supporters Tuesday to [...]
Bill Clinton Speech Prediction —
GayPatriot
For every reference to his party’s presidential nominee in his speech tonight to the Democratic National Convention, Bill Clinton will reference himself at least three times.
Maybe I’m being conservative on this one.
Bill Clinton Watch —
The Moderate Voice
Which one will show up, the starry-eyed boy in the photograph reaching out to shake JFK’s hand or the LBJ lookalike of later years, all guile, ego and appetite?
Tonight will punctuate the quarter of a century we have lived with the many Bill Clintons–the centrist with ideals, the “it’s the economy, stupid” realist, the target of right-wing hatred, the ...
Bill Clinton Sends Yet Another Signal —
The Moderate Voice
Yet another signal from former President Bill Clinton, in an increasingly long list of news reports indicating that unlike most professional politicians he is unable to put on a happy face to show he favors party unity over a specific candidate: he’s going skip Democratic Sen. Barack Obama’s acceptance speech.
A (Potentially Premature) Defense of Clinton —
The Washington Note
Tonight is the first night I've been able to see any of the Democratic convention. First things first: I really didn't like the video tribute to Hillary Clinton that was aired tonight. It was all about Hillary Clinton, the woman candidate -- which does Hillary Clinton, the brilliant policymaker and effective advocate, a great disservice. With due respect to the filmmakers and those who ...
Unity Through The Years —
TalkLeft
Eric Boehlert writes : At the Democratic National Convention in 1992, Jerry Brown, who finished a very distant second to the party's nominee, had his name placed into nomination and addressed the assembled convention. . . .Brown "did not specifically endorse presidential nominee Bill Clinton." [J]ust hours before the 1988 convention began, Jackson's supporters threatened to place the ...
DAY'S END ROUNDUP —
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Former president Bill Clinton has openly shown resentment toward Barack Obama with a comment on candidates’ ability to “deliver,” some bloggers suggest, while others lament that Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) and the Democratic National Convention have failed to give Obama a poll bump.
Clinton hinted today, not subtly, that Obama won’t be able to get anything [...]
Clinton Campaign Sniping Through Media Reports Continues —
The Moderate Voice
The Politico has yet another story that is clearly sourced from within the Clinton campaign complaining about how Obama treated the Clintons. This is truly something of a first - where a party is settling on a nominee who is days within giving his acceptance speech and complaints are coming from one side. Even the section about sourcing from people who have relations with the Obama and ...
The Clinton-Obama turmoil continues in Denver; now it's Bill —
Top of the Ticket
DENVER -- Ah, Democrats. There's something about the circular firing squad that just seems to hold endless fascination for them. Why do they even need a Republican opposition when they can just battle themselves?
At this convention, the well-reported rift is between the Obamaphiles and the Clintonphiles and it's the continuing narrative. Tonight, Sen. Hillary Clinton herself will speak. ...
Former President Clinton to Speak on Democracy —
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President Bill Clinton will make his first public appearance at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday as part of a panel of international leaders speaking about democracy.
It's a big get for the National Democratic Institute, which sponsors a week of events at the Democratic convention that are intended for an international audience.
Clinton's sore feelings over the [...]
Latest Clinton Flap: Clinton Advisors Will Leave Before Obama Speech —
The Moderate Voice
Unless the Democratic party convention’s show of unity is truly overwhelming, the Democratic gathering is now turning into what seems to be Democrats shooting themselves in the foot and the Clinton camp shooting the party via a growing number of news stories that you usually don’t see during most national political conventions. Even contentious ones.
For instance, you ...
Wolfson: Bill Clinton Still Hurting Over Primary Campaign —
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Howard Wolfson, spokesman for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) presidential campaign, said that Barack Obama still needs to reach out more to former President Bill Clinton.
"There is still work to do on the Bill Clinton front," Wolfson wrote in The New Republic. "He feels like the Obama campaign ran against and systematically dismissed his administration's [...]
Obama-Clinton Feud is Back —
Patterico's Pontifications
[Guest post by DRJ]
On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, the Politico reports the Obama-Clinton feud has reignited. Bill Clinton wants to talk about himself and his economic legacy but his assigned topic is national security and Obama’s role as Commander-in-Chief:
“That puts [Bill Clinton] in a terrible bind, because you can’t give a ringing endorsement when ...
Bill Clinton Reportedly Upset Over His Convention Speech Assignment —
The Moderate Voice
It’s becoming increasingly clear that if Democratic nominee to be Sen. Barack Obama loses the election some members of the Democratic party will blame the Clintons and some of their supporters particularly with this LATEST twist: on the eve of the convention, Bill Clinton is reportedly upset behind-the-scenes about his speech assignment.
It’s worth looking at this piece in ...
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