Clinton -- yes, Bill -- now also set to speak at Democratic convention
With all the rumblings about renegade Democrats demanding that Hillary Clinton's name be placed in nomination as a sign of respect at the Democratic National Convention in Denver late this month, and the hasty joint assurances that the onetime bitter rivals would work something out, now comes word that Big Bill Clinton will
be speaking the third day of the four-day gathering.
(See video below.)
The Times' Peter Nicholas reports this morning that a senior Democrat familiar with the convention scheduling said Clinton had agreed and been scheduled for Aug. 27.
Sen. Clinton will speak the previous night.
Until now, no one knew whether the ex-president, the only Democrat in more than six decades to win two consecutive presidential terms, would even appear at the quadrennial party pep rally.
While saying the right words a few times in recent weeks about doing whatever he's asked to help the Barack Obama campaign this fall, Clinton hasn't been all that effusive or appeared enthusiastic about the freshman fellow who narrowly beat his wife out of the party nomination, forcing her to surrender in early June.
Bill Clinton did have some pretty rough things to say about Obama during the prolonged primary season, especially about his inexperience. In an ABC interview conducted in Africa over the weekend and broadcast Monday, reported here in The Ticket, Clinton even dodged a question about Obama's readiness to take over the White House.
For his part, Obama said Thursday that he had spoken with Sen. Clinton's husband this week and that "he's been very supportive." Nicholas' full story is available here.
-- Andrew Malcolm
Photo: Associated Press
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
Johanna Neuman is a veteran Washington correspondent for both The Los Angeles Times and USA Today, having covered presidents and politics as far back as Ronald Reagan. A former president of the White House Correspondents Assn., she authored a book on media and foreign policy, “Lights, Camera, Wars.” Most recently she was co-author of the 
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Bill Clinton is one of the most intelligent presidents we have ever had. Unfortunately people seem to enjoy making light of his tenure as president.
Barack Obama and his "team" fall into that list after some of the outrageously incorrect and arrogantly wrong things they said about the first Clinton Presidency. Bill Clinton left George Bush a projected 3 trillion dollar surplus, which George Bush turned into a projected 5 trillion dollar deficit.
Hillary Clinton earned the democratic nomination by winning 40 more congressional districts and doing better than Barack Obama in the non caucus contests, aka the states that held primaries.
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Posted by: Alessandro Machi | August 08, 2008 at 04:58 AM
America take heart, we will be rid of these two delusional psychos by December.
Posted by: N.E. BodybutHillary | August 08, 2008 at 10:43 AM
Hillary Clinton did not win.
Posted by: CC | August 08, 2008 at 02:28 PM
Hopefully the Obamabots will have detoxed from all that kool-aid and begin to see their canmdidate for what he is;
aflip-flopping, lying, narcisistic, self-ordained messiah.
Bill may have not chosen his words all that carefully during the SC Primary but he didn't deserve the abuse that was heaped upon him. Wouldn't it be wonderful is enough of the super delegates began having 2nd thoughts and voted for Hillary, thus giving her the nomination.
Posted by: Lynn | August 09, 2008 at 11:28 AM