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Transcript of Bill Clinton's Speech to the Democratic National Convention — The following is the full text of former President Bill Clinton's speech on Wednesday from the Democratic National Convention. — PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. (Sustained cheers, applause.)
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
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.
Politico:
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 …
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
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.
CNN:
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 …
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
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 …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Boston's response to Clinton as of midnight... (Updated) — ...was nothing. — Bill Clinton wrapped up his roughly 45-minute, meandering, box-checking, fist-pounding, off-script Democratic National Convention speech about 40 minutes ago. So far, Mitt Romney's campaign has not issued an official statement.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
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 …
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
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.”
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
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” …
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Brooks Jackson / FactCheck.org:
Our Clinton Nightmare — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former President …
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Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Clinton claims of compromise a stretch
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New York Times:
Check Point: Democrats Stretch the Truth in Talk and Text - Check Point
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Daniel Larison / The American Conservative:
The Clinton Speech and the “Campaign of Ideas”
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact checking Bill Clinton's speech and other Democrats at the convention in Charlotte
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Bill Clinton Manages to Trust America to Listen to 46 Minutes of Policy
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Bill Clinton, playing ‘referee,’ makes strongest case yet for Obama's reelection
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Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Bill Clinton To Mitt Romney: Barack Obama Is My True Heir
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Bill Clinton Takes On Paul Ryan: ‘It Takes Some Brass’
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Clinton's effective Obama embrace
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Chad Livengood / detroitnews.com:
Conservatives pull ads from Michigan — Pro-Romney groups focus on key states; Obama's campaign off air for weeks — Mitt Romney's conservative allies are bypassing Michigan with their advertising while stepping up efforts in other battleground states — suggesting campaign strategists …
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Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Romney, GOP Groups Pull Ads From Michigan and Pennsylvania — Republicans signaled this week that they might have given up hope in two important swing states. — TPM Slideshow: Romney Takes The Stage At The RNC — The Romney campaign and conservative groups like Crossroads GPS …
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Politico:
Verdict is in: Obama levels more personal attacks — A crabby, negative campaign that has been more about misleading and marginal controversies than the major challenges facing the country? Barack Obama and Mitt Romney can both claim parenthood of this ugly child.
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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
Bob Woodward Book: Debt Deal Collapse Led to ‘Pure Fury’ From President Obama — An explosive mix of dysfunction, miscommunication, and misunderstandings inside and outside the White House led to the collapse of a historic spending and debt deal that President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner …
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Miranda Green / The Daily Beast:
Speed Read: Juiciest Bits From Bob Woodward's Book ‘Price of Politics’
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Tom Brokaw Rushed to Charlotte Hospital — NBC News special correspondent Tom Brokaw was taken by ambulance to a Charlotte hospital this morning after an appearance on MSNBC's “Morning Joe.” — Brokaw, 72, who stepped down as anchor of “Nightly News” after the 2004 election …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
DNC's Wasserman Schultz, Gaspard cancel interviews amid platform debacle — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democratic National Committee chiefs Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Patrick Gaspard cancelled interviews with local media outlets tonight, amid controversy surrounding the party's decision to reintroduce “God” and “Jerusalem” to the platform.
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S.A. Miller / New York Post:
Dems trotting out H'wood beauties to introduce Obama — CHARLOTTE, NC — Call them Barack's Angels. — Democrats have secretly scheduled an appearance by Hollywood beauties Scarlett Johansson and Kerry Washington tonight at their national convention, in a bid to counter Clint Eastwood's surprise speech …
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Tom Blanton / Foreign Policy:
A Classified CIA Mea Culpa on Iraq — In this exclusive from the National Security Archive, a secret agency report on its WMD failures is published for the first time. — This remarkable CIA mea culpa, just declassified this summer and published here for the first time …
Steve Gutterman / Reuters:
Russia's Putin defiant on Syria, says Romney “mistaken” — * Says Obama is honest, Romney could widen missile rift — President Vladimir Putin signalled in an interview aired on Thursday that Russia was not ready to shift its stance on Syria, and suggested Western nations were relying …
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Talking Points Memo:
Sununu Thinks Obama Camp Lying About Cost Of Michelle Obama's Dress — Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu questioned reports that the Tracey Reese dress Michelle Obama wore for her convention address Tuesday night cost $350 on a conference call with reporters Wednesday.
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Justice Dept. Gallup lawsuit came after Axelrod criticized pollsters — Internal emails between senior officials at The Gallup Organization, obtained by The Daily Caller, show senior Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod attempting to subtly intimidate the respected polling firm when its numbers were unfavorable to the president.
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