Rep. Kendrick Meek is introducing Bill Clinton. There is an AP headline stating "Bill Clinton giving Obama forceful backing."
Update [2008-8-27 21:4:9 by Todd Beeton]:CSPAN keeps cutting to Hillary and Chelsea smiling wide, waving flags.
Update [2008-8-27 21:6:48 by Todd Beeton]:"I am here first to support Barack Obama. Second I am here to warm up the crowd for Joe Biden." The tent is laughing and applauding.
"That makes 2 of us. Actually, that makes 18 million of us." Nice line.
"Barack Obama is the man for this job." Got that traditional media? "In his first presidential decision, the selection of a running mate, he hit it out of the park."
"In Barack Obama, America will have the national security leadership we need. My fellow Democrats, I say to you Barack Obama is ready to lead America..." The message of the night: Barack Obama is ready.
"...to protect, defend the constitution..." That got a huge reaction here at the tent.
"Barack Obama is ready to be President of the United States."
"The world has always been more impressed by the power of our example than the example of our power." Hell yes.
Good, time to go after Republicans. "Now what have the Republicans gotten us?...The biggest income inequality since the 1920s."
"My fellow Democrats, America can do better than that. And Barack Obama will do better than that."
"Yes he can but first we have to elect him."
Oh lord, more praise of John McCain. "But on the two most important questions of this election, how to build the American dream and how to restore America's standing in the world, John McCain was wrong."
"John McCain is promising more of the same."
"Let's send a simple message to John McCain: thanks but no thanks. In this case, the third time is not the charm."
"Barack Obama will return America from fear and division to hope and unity. And if you still believe in a place called hope, then join Hillary, Chelsea and me in making Barack Obama the next president of the United States."
The bloggers are loving Bill.
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