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Bill Clinton watched the speech from box seats high above the convention floor, flanked by the widow of Arkansas Democratic chairman Bill Gwatney, killed recently by a disgruntled former employee, and the son of the late Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio. When the speech ended, the former President wiped...
It's safe to assume Obama let out his own sigh about that same moment. He is halfway through his convention now at a critical juncture in his improbable campaign. His early summer lead in national polls has evaporated, and many Democrats have become skittish. A number of leading liberal...
Nevertheless, in that final hour, with the whole crowd finally paying attention and on its feet, with Hillary Clinton giving Obama more than he had any historical justification to expect, there was the feeling of a convention that had shifted up a gear or two. That must make a candidate...
The TIME/CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted with sample sizes between 625 and 669 registered voters in each state between August 24-26. Some of the telephone interviews took place before the Democratic convention while others happened during the convention's first two nights, making it an incomplete measure of...
Bill Clinton probably won't put it quite that bluntly at the Democratic National Convention tonight. But he probably will use his speech to remind Americans that things were pretty good during the Clinton administration, despite a lot of dire warnings from Republicans, and that things are considerably less good...