Bill Clinton's long, long speech about the meanie Republicans  —  Bill Clinton, don't get me wrong, was the best speaker Wednesday night.  But that is largely because the rest of the evening was atrocious.  Clinton was hoarse, and he seemed to holler for no reason at all.

How Bill Clinton does it  —  The crowd was roaring, TV commentators were gushing, and Barack Obama himself thanked Bill Clinton for his nominating speech with a big hug as he left the stage here Wednesday night.  —  Well might Obama be grateful: In 48 minutes, the 42nd president had stated …

Bill Clinton: wonk-in-chief  —  “People ask me all the time how we delivered four surplus budgets,” former President Bill Clinton said on Wednesday night.  “What new ideas did we bring?  I always give a one-word answer: arithmetic.”  —  That's also the one-word answer to what Clinton brought to his convention speech.

Associated Press ‘Fact Checks’ Clinton's Speech By Bringing Up Monica Lewinsky  —  Bill Clinton's 48-minute speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night was, as FactCheck.org put it, “a fact-checker's nightmare: lots of effort required to run down his many statistics and factual claims …

Democratic National Convention Night 2: Winners and Losers  —  CHARLOTTE — The second night of the Democratic National Convention was decidedly slower than its first — with the obvious exception of the speech by former President Bill Clinton. … But, the Fix persevered through this slowness …

PHOTO: Hillary Clinton watches husband deliver convention speech  —  (CNN) - A photo released by the State Department shows Secretary of State Hillary Clinton watching her husband deliver remarks Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention.  —  Hillary Clinton didn't watch …

Why Bill Clinton's Speeches Succeed  —  Because he treats listeners as if they are smart.  —  That is the significance of “They want us to think” and “The strongest argument is” and “The arithmetic says one of three things must happen” and even “Now listen to me here, this is important.”

Text of Bill Clinton's Address to the Democratic Convention … Here is the text of President Bill Clinton's speech to the Democratic National Convention as prepared for delivery and released by the convention's press office:  —  We're here to nominate a President, and I've got one in mind.

Obama senior adviser: Don't expect big bounce in polls from convention  —  White House senior adviser David Plouffe doesn't think President Obama's reelection campaign will receive a polling bounce after the Democratic National Convention.  —  Speaking on ABC's “Good Morning America” …