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Associated PressJuly 28, 2016

The Latest on the Democratic National Convention and 2016 presidential campaign. (all times EDT): 7:10 p.m. A Hillary Clinton campaign adviser says he’s not worried about winning over Bernie Sanders’ supporters. “Most of them are going to come around.” That’s what John Podesta thinks. Podesta says he knows there are some in the Sanders camp […]

Joe HendersonJuly 28, 2016

Florida Democrats have long since undertaken the groundwork to deliver the Sunshine State to Hillary Clinton in November. In fact, you could say that began in 2008 and continued four years later when Barack Obama carried Florida in both of his presidential campaigns. The local operatives, so critical in big elections, who turned out the […]

Associated PressJuly 28, 2016

Hillary Clinton is set to face the nation with the goal of introducing the woman that speaker after speaker, including a pair of presidents, have spent days promising the American public they’ll finally get to see: the “real” Hillary Clinton. In the biggest moment of her nearly 25-year political career, aides say Clinton on Thursday […]

Mitch PerryJuly 27, 2016

On Wednesday afternoon at the American Jewish History Museum in Philadelphia, a host of Clinton alumni — officials who worked on Bill Clinton’s two presidential election campaigns in the ’90s as well as former White House staffers — assembled for a reunion lunch and a call to arms about telling the public about the real Hillary Clinton. […]

Mitch PerryJuly 27, 2016

Whenever folks in Florida begin discussing potential Democratic gubernatorial candidates in 2018, the name Gwen Graham always appears in the first paragraph. But with more than two years before the electorate will decide who their nominee might be, a number of other elected officials are now on the clock to begin making their case, and there’s […]

Associated PressJuly 27, 2016

After terrorism fears permeated Republican speeches a week ago, Democrats have barely mentioned the Islamic State group through two days of their convention. That is perhaps a result of the militant group’s emergence from a localized, Middle East insurgency to a self-proclaimed caliphate and worldwide terrorism threat during President Barack Obama‘s time in office. It […]

Associated PressJuly 27, 2016

It was long ago and far away when Barack Obama snippily remarked, “You’re likable enough, Hillary.” It’s a lovefest now. Hillary Clinton formally captured the Democratic nomination and declared the glass ceiling keeping women from the presidency cracked and nearly shattered. Her husband, ex-President Bill Clinton closed the historic night with an expansive and passionate […]

Joe HendersonJuly 27, 2016

If you weren’t saying it out loud Tuesday night, you had to be at least thinking about Bill Clinton’s multiple marital infidelities as he spun the story of his courtship and undying love for Hillary. I assume this was a calculated risk by Camp Clinton to show Hillary as a woman of strength, smarts and […]

Mitch PerryJuly 26, 2016

About to hit 70 next month, Bill Clinton has certainly lost a bit off his oratorical fastball in recent years. But on big occasions, such as the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, nobody made a greater case to advocate for another four years for Barack Obama than did the 42nd President of the United […]

Associated PressJuly 26, 2016

For all of the hoopla attached to a political convention, it all comes down to this: that moment when the presumptive nominee becomes the nominee outright. On Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton is to become the first woman presidential nominee of a major party. The result is foreordained, but the roll call of the states will […]

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Philip Levine touting streetcar project to statewide Democrats

Terror fears permeated GOP week — Dems barely mention them

From ‘likable enough’ to lovefest, Barack Obama to hail Hillary Clinton

Joe Henderson: The Big Dog has his say

Bill Clinton makes the case of Hillary to close out Tuesday night’s DNC

DNC guide: Tuesday’s roll call says it all