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Report: Tensions Boil in Denver Over Bill Clinton’s Speech
The Page by Mark Halperin - TIME.com —
... Politico details the behind-the-scenes drama between the Obama and Clinton camps on the eve of the party’s convention. ...
Bill Clinton Reportedly Upset Over His Convention Speech Assignment
The Moderate Voice —
... It’s worth looking at this piece in The Politico extensively, since it is one more piece of a puzzle that suggests — at this writing, at least — that some people associated with Clinton wing of the Democratic party are putting their own preferences over the usual party goal of unification during a tough Presidential battle: ...
Obama-Clinton Feud is Back
Patterico's Pontifications —
... 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: ...
Not The Headline The Dems Want
Riehl World View —
At least not all of them. Ha! Tensions boil between Obama-Clinton camps Bill wants his legacy, Hillary wants power ... and poor old Obawon justs wants to be left alone so he can make a speech to try and safe his butt.
What a perfectly clueless bunch of critters gathering in Denver. Michelle Malkin has several reports for all you'll want to watch, or read on that.
The Democrats ... ready, willing and able to lead, NOT! ...
"Tensions boil between Obame-Clinton camp."
Althouse —
Writes Politico. Bill is supposedly irked that he's assigned to speak about foreign policy and national security when he wants to talk about domestic policy. Why is that preference important? Two reasons are given: 1. "he is eager to speak about the economy and more broadly about Democratic ideas — emphasizing the contrast between the Bush years and his own record in the 1990s," and 2. the subject of foreign policy and national security restricts him to a dignified, statesmanlike presentation. I'd say this — if true — is: 1. incredibly narcissistic of Bill Clinton, and 2. ...
And the Clinton Psychodrama Continues
Balloon Juice —
It will never end:
Some senior Obama supporters are irritated at how they perceive the Clintons fanned — or at a minimum failed to douse — stories that she was not even vetted as a possible vice presidential nominee. This is because she told Obama she preferred not to go through the rigorous process of document production unless she was really a serious contender, an Obama associate noted.
One senior Obama supporter said the Clinton associates negotiating on her behalf act like “Japanese soldiers in the South Pacific still ...
Denver discord real, deepening between Clintons and Obama
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... If Democrats hoped for a Mile High Unityfest, they will find themselves bitterly disappointed — as bitter and disappointed as Bill and Hillary Clinton. Politico reports from the scene that Bill has complained about the role assigned to him on Wednesday night, and Hillary remains offended by Obama’s freeze-out on the VP nomination. Obama and senior DNC officials have had just about all they can take from the Clintons as well, as Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen report from the Pepsi Center: One flashpoint is the assigned speech topic for former president Bill Clinton, who is ...
A Flare-Up Between HIllaryland and Denver
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
Politico's editor in chief and a colleague report on tension between the Clinton and Obama camps over Bill Clinton's speech. I've downplayed reports of tensions in the past. But sources back up the Politico to a point: things are getting a little hairy as the reality of the convention sets in. Obama aides acknowledge that there has been some recent bumps on the road but insist that reports of boiled over anger are way overplayed. ...
Obama: DNC Tent Big Enough for Pro-Hillary Voters
ScrappleFace —
... under one roof in Denver this week, Sen. Barack Obama reminded his united party that “our Democrat tent is big enough for all kinds of people — big enough for those who are pro-choice and pro-life, big enough for those who are pro-Obama and ...
Politico: Clinton/Obama camps feuding
Sister Toldjah —
It was only a matter of time before the tensions boiled to the surface again:
DENVER — As Democrats arrived here Sunday for a convention intended to promote party unity, mistrust and resentments continued to boil among top associates of presumptive nominee Barack Obama and his defeated rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
One flashpoint is the assigned speech topic for former president Bill Clinton, who is scheduled to speak Wednesday night, when the convention theme is “Securing America’s Future.” The night’s speakers will ...
Live from DNC: Stoking the Clinton-Obama Drama
Pajamas Media —
... is making the most of it. Because, in actuality, though the traditional media want to make this out to be something else, this is what this is about. There are two equally passionate groups inside the party today. But the Politico piece making the rounds isn’t interested in this story, which is at the heart of what’s going on. What they want to do is stoke the psychodrama battle. Tensions boil between Obama and Clinton camps , screams the Politico : The former president is disappointed, associates said, because he is eager to speak about the economy and more broadly about ...
Pushing Political Disunity Among Democrats
Taylor Marsh —
... McCain is loving today. I was on deadline for a story this morning, so no doubt
you’ve already read it, because the
Politico story is all the rage: ...
The Rude Pundit —
... This ludicrous, unending coda to the primary campaign is nearly exclusively media-driven. Sure, yeah, some of the Clintons' people are acting like an athlete who took steroids trying to prove how often the tests show a false positive. He may have a point, but he still doesn't get to win. And he's not really the best spokesperson for testing reform. In other words, to the extent that any convention wrangling and bitter feelings are actually happening, Clinton and her people need to act like they lost. ...
Bill Clinton unhappy with convention role
The Swamp —
... From the bad feelings that sprung up during the nasty primary season, to the ire in the Hillary Clinton camp over how how they believe she was allegedly mistreated in Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential selection process, to the dissension from her supporters over the role she and they would be given at the convention, to the resentment in the Obama camp over the Clintons' inability to act like it's Obama's party now, there's been bad blood at every turn.
Today, Politico reports about the continued spitefulness between the Obamas and the Clintons ...
Bill Clinton's Convention Role
Swampland - TIME.com —
The drama continues. At Politico, John Harris and Mike Allen report that mistrust and resentments have "continued to boil" between the Obama and Clinton camps, and note this new source of friction: ...
Viking Pundit —
... Well, that didn't take long . Already the Clintons are seething at their scripted roles in Denver, giving Bill no outlet to defend his administration: This is an especially sore point for Bill Clinton, people close to him say, because among many grievances he has about the campaign Obama waged against his wife is a belief that the candidate poor-mouthed the political and policy successes of his two terms. Meanwhile, the Obama campaign is complaining that ...
Entitled To Your Support
TalkLeft —
... Democrats of late is the notion that Barack Obama is entitled to the support of all Democratic voters. No matter what you, I, pundits and bloggers think, that is not how politics works. If Obama can learn just one thing from Bill and Hillary Clinton, it has to be the ability to fight for every vote. To NOT act like you are entitled to anybody's vote. To act like you believe you have to earn their votes. More . . . The Obama camp must never project the attitude demonstrated in this article: Some senior Democrats close to Obama, meanwhile, made clear ...
Whining Bill Clinton Unhappy He Has To Speak On Security Instead Of Economy - With Video
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... — it is “Obama who has the heavy lifting” this week, this aide said.
This is because large numbers of Clinton backers — 30 percent in a recent ABC/Washington Post poll — are still not backing Obama over McCain.
Both Obama and Clinton associates have said for weeks that one of the challenges of Denver would be to control the news media narrative, in a city full of reporters and political sources, at an emotional moment for both the Obama and Clinton teams.
Read the full story at The Politico here.
Tension in Denver
If I Ran the Zoo —
What exactly is the nature of the reported feuding between Obama and Clinton staffs? It certainly isn't about Clinton herself; by all accounts, she's doing ...
Managing Irrational (Clinton) Exuberance
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Senator Joe Biden’s selection as the Vice Presidential nominee creates a short-term challenge for the Obama campaign: how to manage disgruntled Clinton supporters at the convention. Disappointment among some women voters, of course, could plague the Illinois Senator for the duration of the campaign. As J.P. Green ...
Howard Wolfson Confirms Rift Between Bill Clinton And Obama
TPM Election Central —
... The Politico reported today on the rift, but senior Hillary adviser Maggie Williams and top Obama adviser David Axelrod issued a joint statement today describing the story as "rumor." ...
DNC: Bill Clinton's Assigned Speech Topic
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
Politico reports that Bill Clinton has been ordered to give a speech arguing that "Obama would be a more effective commander in chief than his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain." Call me crazy, but it seems like a former president should be free to choose his own speech topic. Politico: Tensions boil between Obama-Clinton camps: DENVER — As Democrats arrived here Sunday for a convention intended to promote party unity, mistrust and resentments continued to boil among top associates of presumptive nominee Barack Obama and his defeated rival, ...
Daily Blog Buzz: Drama in Denver
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Townhall's Amanda Carpenter. The Politico reports tensions between the Clinton and Obama camps, and the Washington Times ...
Little Tidbits from Denver
The Washington Note —
... gaffe, has come a long way since his youth. From the Irish Times:
Until his late teens, he suffered from a stutter so severe that he was excused from public speaking in school but, quoting Yeats and Emerson in front of the mirror for hours on end, he overcame it to become one of the most loquacious figures in American public life today.
His addition to the ticket might also help with American Jewish voters
Families Fued Again -- The Obama and Clinton camps are warring again. Speaking ...
Around the Web: 2008
The Corner —
... Clinton Rebuts Ad The Boston Globe [image] [image] Obama Small College Awakened Future Senator to Service The Boston Globe [image] Biden Camp Pressed Hard For a Slot on the Ticket The Wall Street Journal [image] Experience Is Double-Edged Sword for The Ticket The Washington Post [image] Tasks for Biden This Fall: Travel and Attack McCain The New York Times [image] Praise of McCain Could Haunt Biden Politico [image] [image] State of the Race Tensions Boil Between Obama-Clinton Camps Politico [image] McCain-Romney? Dems Fear it Could ...
Shots from the Show 8/25
Tammy Bruce —
**This post will be updated throughout the show**
Politico: Tensions boil between Obama-Clinton camps
Here's the new McCain ad directly going after Hillary voters.
Texas GOP ad about Obama and his houses, inclusing his brother's, uh, shack. Great stuff.
NRO: In Denver, Deep Doubts About Obama
Little Green Footballs has sent Zombie to cover the Dem ...
Too Much Clintons at the Convention?
David Corn —
... This will be her night--which she deserves. But then the Clintons get a second night. On Wednesday, Bill Clinton will get his turn. He is supposedly disappointed that he has been relegated to "Securing America's Future" night, when speakers are supposed to tout Obama's potential as commander in chief. Clinton would rather speak on a wider range of issues. I can understand the Obama camp's concern. Remember his convention speech in 1988? (Howard Wolfson, Hillary Clinton's communications director during her campaign, ...
Townhall.com Staff: What's Hot Monday
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
What are the most popular stories around the web this morning? Townhall does the surfing so you don't have to. Politico: Tensions Boil Between Obama-Clinton Camps Los Angeles Times: ...
Clinton professes party unity -- and does not approve McCain's message
Top of the Ticket —
... unified behind the Obama candidacy, as stories have trickled out about tensions between Clinton and Obama supporters and enduring tension between both campaigns. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Obama’s political mentor, Illinois State Senate president Emil Jones, called a black Clinton delegate an “Uncle Tom” in Denver on Saturday night. (Jones denied it; the newspaper quoted two people who witnessed the exchange.)
And Politico reported today that former President Bill Clinton was ...
Gossip Girls and Drama Queens
Firedoglake —
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High level Politico story conference
Politico:
As Democrats arrived here Sunday for a convention intended to promote party unity, mistrust and resentments continued to boil among top associates of presumptive nominee Barack Obama ...
Upchucked Republican talking points, media mouths gaping wide, regurgitated smears
The Reaction —
... Much is the same in the somewhat less partisan, but still partisan, parts of the press. Consider this headline from Le Politico: "Tensions boil between Obama-Clinton camps." And this one from Marc Ambinder: " ...
The convention
The Reaction —
... You'd think, and you'd be wrong: As Democrats arrived here Sunday for a convention intended to promote party unity, mistrust and resentments continued to boil among top ...
One Last Magnificent Performance
Comments from Left Field —
... Despite Politico’s rather breathless article today touting what it claims are tensions “boiling” between Hillary and Bill Clinton and their top supporters, I suspect it’s overplayed. The tone of the piece — starting with the overheated title (”Exclusive: Obama-Clinton Feud Reignites”) and continuing with Jim VandeHei’s stern video warning “Don’t buy it [claims of unity]; there is soooo much tension still between these two candidates.” — is that of a sportscaster at a hotly ...
Sound Familar?
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
... to leave town. Among them, Terry McAuliffe, Clinton's campaign chairman, and longtime supporters Steve Rattner and Maureen White. Another of Clinton's top New York fundraisers, Alan Patricof, did not make the trip to Denver. Obama backer Robert Zimmerman points out that this is not that big a deal, because Gary Hart's and Howard Dean's backers behaved the same way back in 1984 and 2004. Excuse me, but didn't Republicans also win the Presidential elections those years? Just askin'. More blue-on-blue warfare : As Democrats arrived here Sunday for a convention intended to ...
Sound Familar?
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Clinton's campaign chairman, and longtime
supporters Steve Rattner and Maureen White. Another of Clinton's
top New York fundraisers, Alan Patricof, did not make the trip to
Denver.
Obama backer Robert Zimmerman points out that this is not that
big a deal, because Gary Hart's and Howard Dean's backers behaved
the same way back in 1984 and 2004. Excuse me, but didn't
Republicans also win the Presidential elections those
years? Just askin'.
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blue-on-blue warfare:
As Democrats arrived here Sunday for a convention ...
Today on Doing Time- Tuesday, August 26th
The Latest on Air America —
... , seemingly in an effort to get some attention his way, though we’ll see how well that works. Ron will bring you up to speed on the latest plots and plans. Tonight will feature Hillary Clinton as the keynote speaker. Will this help to heal the divide that continues to threaten party unity? McCain takes full advantage of this in yet another ad, this on called ...
if molehill won't go to the media, the media will go to the molehill
skippy the bush kangaroo —
... teeth and rending of garments has in turn encouraged the mccain campaign to release a pair of troublemaking ads questioning why obama didn't pick clinton, including its latest, "debra," which features a clinton delegate saying "a lot of democrats will vote mccain" because he's the only "one with the experience and judgment to be president." smelling drama--or at least the illusion thereof--the press has pounced, producing a flurry of breathless reports on the tensions that either a) "boil between the obama [and] clinton camps" or b) " ...
