US election: We’ll carry Clinton to victory, says Obama

The LA Times lauded Obama’s speech, saying it was “personal and inspirational, touching and soaring”. Given Obama’s popularity among the party faithful, Kaine was relegated to speak before him.

“Trump has left behind a well-documented record of bankruptcies, thousands of lawsuits, angry shareholders and contractors who feel cheated, and disillusioned customers who feel ripped off”, Bloomberg said.

Ms. Usher said Mr. Trump isn’t new to this, having lived for decades in the eye of tabloids.

“Set aside the nuclear codes, what I think is scary is a president who doesn’t know their stuff and doesn’t seem to have an interest in learning what they don’t know”, Obama said on NBC’s “Today Show” in a taped interview that aired Wednesday.

The real estate mogul launched the same attack against Mr. Obama the previous evening after the Democratic convention hall fawned over the president’s optimistic message and his passing of the party’s torch to Mrs. Clinton. “I ask you to carry her the same way you carried me”, Obama said.

Along the way he’s described Vice President Joseph R. Biden as “not very bright”, former President Clinton as “highly overrated!” and Sen.

During his remarks, some Bernie Sanders supporters began to chant “No More War!” but were drowned out by counter chants of “USA, USA”. “To at least $10, but it has to go up”.

Clintons can and does offer something concrete to these voters: Lower taxes, a higher minimum wage, expanded social security payments for their retirements.

“Tonight was a sad night for the Democratic Party”.

In an endorsement of Clinton that couldn’t have been more forthright, he said: “There has never been a man or woman, not me, not Bill (Clinton) – nobody more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States”. “There is a path to the White House for the Democratic Party”. Protests briefly intensified Tuesday night when protesters sought to block an intersection near the convention headquarters at Wells Fargo Center.

The two were rivals in the hard-fought 2008 campaign for the Democratic nomination.

Inside, it was all about the Clintons. Never before has a candidate asked a foreign power to conduct espionage on the United States, as Mr. Trump did on Wednesday.

He said America had changed over the years, “but these values my grandparents taught me – they haven’t gone anywhere”. People say “I’m with her, I guess”, with all the enthusiasm of a recalcitrant child being dragged to school at 7:30 a.m.in the morning. “I am asking you to join with me, not out of party loyalty… let’s elect a sane, competent person with experience”. I know Hillary. Hillary understands.

Kaine faced the unenviable job of speaking after Biden, who owned the room after entering to perhaps the most coveted musical choice of the convention: “Gonna Fly Now”, the theme music of the film “Rocky”.

While Obama states, “nothing truly prepares you for the demands of the Oval Office”, he went on to say that Clinton is ready. Donald Trump doesn’t fight for you. I don’t think the convention did that.

Mainstream media can apparently no longer tell the difference between when Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is being bombastic and when he’s joking.

“That’s not hyperbole, those are just the facts”, Sullivan said in a statement.

But blunting an opponent’s strength is a political art as well, and so far this convention has not met the lip-service provided by RNC convention speakers who mentioned black poverty or LGBT issues.