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Bill Clinton to Speak at Democratic Convention Weds. Night

By Jeralyn

Bill Clinton will speak at the Democratic Convention in Denver Wednesday night, before the VP candidate. Wednesday night is also when the balloting takes place.

Sen. Barack Obama is off to Hawaii tomorrow on vacation. That means no VP pick until next week, less than 3 weeks out from the Convention.

There's still no resolution as to whether there will be a roll-coll vote at the convention or whether Hillary will ask for her name to be placed in nomination. Newsweek's Jonathan Alter, in Catharsis in Denver? today writes [More...]:

The most likely outcome is that Hillary will not sign the document that is necessary under party rules for her name to be placed in nomination. The Obama forces aren't dumb enough to permit it, and Hillary, unlike Bill, has to work with these people after the election if Obama wins. But the rules do allow for all delegates to vote for whomever they want. So Hillary's delegates will naturally vote for their candidate even if there are no nominating and seconding speeches for her.

Memo to Dems: Stop Dragging My Heart Around (Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty together version.)Hat tip to commenter Sleepingdogs for the song tip.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 07, 2008 (boomark / email).