Sep 06 2012
Analyzing Clinton’s Speech at the Democratic National Convention
Former President Clinton addressed the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina last night, delivering a rousing 50 minute speech endorsing President Obama for re-election. Clinton used his speech to debunk several misleading claims by conservatives in recent months about President Obama, particularly on issues of healthcare reform, welfare, the national debt, and more. He also listed a number of indicators to make the case that Americans were better off today than four years ago.
According to the New York Times, “the speech dramatized the evolution in his relationship with Mr. Obama from bitter antagonism to cautious embrace and now a full-throated endorsement.” The paper also speculated that it was an attempt to lay the groundwork for a potential 2016 run for his wife Hillary.
Clinton ended his speech laying out in clear terms what the differences between voting for Mitt Romney versus voting for Obama means this November: “If you want a winner-take- all, you’re-on-your-own society, you should support the Republican ticket. But if you want a country of shared opportunities and shared responsibility, a we’re-all-in-this-together society, you should vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.”
GUEST: David Dayen, political reporter at www.FireDogLake.com
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