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Associated PressJuly 28, 2016

The Latest on the Democratic National Convention and 2016 presidential campaign. (all times EDT): 10:50 p.m. Hillary Clinton is telling Democrats at the party’s national convention not to believe anyone who says, “I alone can fix it.” That’s a knock on her Republican rival, Donald Trump. He told GOP delegates a week ago that he’s […]

Associated PressJuly 28, 2016

The Latest on the Democratic National Convention and 2016 presidential campaign. (all times EDT): 10:22 p.m. Chelsea Clinton is joining in the effort to woo Bernie Sanders‘ supporters. The former first daughter says her mother, Hillary Clinton, is a progressive and a fighter. Clinton says her mom will fight to protect the planet, stop gun […]

Associated PressJuly 28, 2016

The Latest on the Democratic National Convention and 2016 presidential campaign. (all times EDT): 9:40 p.m. A retired Marine general has delivered an impassioned endorsement of Hillary Clinton. And he’s blasting Donald Trump for saying suspected terrorists should be tortured and for offering conditional U.S. support of NATO allies. John Allen tells Democratic delegates the […]

Associated PressJuly 28, 2016

The Latest on the Democratic National Convention and 2016 presidential campaign. (all times EDT): 8:50 p.m. Doug Elmets is a Republican who Democrats can cheer for. Elmets – who worked in the Reagan White House – earned a roar from the crowd at the Democratic convention Thursday night when he took the stage and said […]

Associated PressJuly 28, 2016

The Latest on the Democratic National Convention and 2016 presidential campaign. (all times EDT): 7:55 p.m. Hillary Clinton says Americans are facing a stark choice in the presidential election – between her “steady leadership” on national security and what she says Donald Trump‘s offering. That’s according to excerpts of Clinton’s nomination acceptance speech that her […]

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 […]

Mitch PerryJuly 28, 2016

Donald Trump gets more play on Facebook in Florida than Hillary Clinton. But Monica Lee, a data scientist with Facebook, emphasizes that, “we are not breaking this down into negative or positive comments.” That’s just something I learned while dropping on the Facebook Lounge Thursday afternoon., which was set up at both national conventions this month […]

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

The wealthy Democratic donors, many of them executives who run complex businesses, know firsthand how revealing tax returns can be. Perhaps that’s why they can’t stop talking about Republican nominee Donald Trump‘s refusal to release his. In their suites at the Ritz Carlton hotel, where many are staying during this week’s Democratic convention, and at […]

Mitch PerryJuly 28, 2016

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President Barack Obama certainly set the bar high for Hillary Clinton‘s acceptance speech tonight at the Democratic National Convention, but most fair-minded people will know that going in. Even his harshest critics acknowledge that Barack Obama is one of the finest orators our nation has ever had in the White House, and the grading curve should be different than everyone […]

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Hillary Clinton says no one person can fix everything

Chelsea Clinton joins bid to win Bernie Sanders backers

Retired general back Hillary Clinton, says he trusts her

Democrats find a Republican they can cheer for

Hillary Clinton says she offers ‘steady leadership’

Hillary Clinton aide says Bernie Sanders backers to come around

Fun facts in the Facebook Lounge at the DNC

Joe Henderson: DNC Day 3 — organization is everything

Democratic donors, allies offer reward for Donald Trump tax returns

Mitch Perry Report for 7.28.16 — Hillary’s turn