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Sept. 6, 2012
Richard Norton Smith and Michael Beschloss discuss examples of other presidents pitching themselves to voters for a second term and how President Obama will have to come across as capable of change without admitting defeat.
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Sept. 6, 2012
Ray Suarez talks to first-time delegate from Mississippi Elzena Johnson about growing up in a Democratic household in the South and casting her first vote for Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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Sept. 6, 2012
David Maraniss, author of "Barack Obama: The Story," compares Bill Clinton, "the great explainer," with President Obama the day after the former president delivered a rousing address on behalf of his Democratic successor. While Clinton enjoyed the politics of his term, posits Maraniss, Obama is more of a reflective learner.
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Sept. 6, 2012
David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel, former advisers to President Obama, discuss his leadership style, his record of decisive action, his unpopular decisions and his attempts to work with legislators on both sides of the aisle.
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Sept. 6, 2012
On Thursday, the last day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., delegates and supporters are avoiding the rain and set to hear addresses by Vice President Biden and President Obama, who will accept his party's nomination for re-election.
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Sept. 6, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks talk to Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about the "two exceptional nights" at the Democratic National Convention, and the very high bar set by Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton going into President Obama's nomination acceptance speech.
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Sept. 6, 2012
Threat of bad weather pushed the culminating event of the convention -- the nomination acceptance speech by President Obama -- inside, prompting improvisation to accomodate crowds and change the program. Prominent Democratic figures like President Bill Clinton and Elizabeth Warren addressed the convention Wednesday.
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Sept. 6, 2012
Georgia congressman John Lewis addressed the Democratic National Convention on the historic suppression of voters' rights, linking past injustices to new new voting legislation.
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Sept. 6, 2012
On the last day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., delegates and supporters on Thursday are avoiding the rain and set to hear addresses by Vice President Biden and President Obama.
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Sept. 6, 2012
Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Michael Waldman, former Clinton speechwriter and now executive director of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, about what he thought of Clinton's speech Wednesday night.
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Sept. 6, 2012
The early hours of opening day are a time you can pass by a delegation and talk to members, stroll the concourses and get a drink, even contemplate walking outside the security perimeter if need be, without fear that you'll be unable to shoehorn your way back into the building.
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Sept. 6, 2012
In wide-ranging speech that stretched for nearly an hour, former President Bill Clinton emphatically made the case for electing President Obama to a second term and attacked the Republican Party platform.
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Sept. 6, 2012
In wide-ranging speech that stretched for nearly an hour, former President Bill Clinton emphatically made the case for electing President Obama to a second term and attacked the Republican Party platform.
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Sept. 6, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. | President Obama has given plenty of high-stakes speeches. They have been moments to reset his agenda, set pieces to outline the direction he plans to take the country and blueprints for his path forward should he win a second term.
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Sept. 6, 2012
It's 8 p.m. at the Democratic National Convention and it's time to suit up. Not in your typical business suit but with the hatcam, the latest addition to the NewsHour's coverage of the political parties' nominating blowouts.
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Sept. 5, 2012
Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill talk to NewsHour political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks about their impressions of Bill Clinton's speech at the 2012 Democratic convention. David Brooks says it was "infectious." Mark Shields says the speech, "makes the strongest case for Barack Obama" he has heard since the campaign began.
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Sept. 5, 2012
Former President Clinton nominated President Obama as the the Democratic Party's 2012 presidential candidate at the close of the DNC Wednesday. In his speech, he countered the Republican Party's main criticisms of Mr. Obama, heavily emphasizing the president's economic successes and plan for the next four years.
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Sept. 5, 2012
U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren said she never dreamed she'd be the 'warm-up' act for former President Bill Clinton. But that is exactly what she did on the second day of the Democratic National Convention, calling on America to "level the playing field," so that "everyone pays a fair share and everyone has a real shot."
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Sept. 5, 2012
Attorney and women's rights activist Sandra Fluke addressed the Democratic National Convention on the importance of the women's vote and women's rights in this election, referencing when she was not allowed to testify to Congress about contraception.
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Sept. 5, 2012
Mayor of San Antonio Julian Castro -- the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday -- stopped by the NewsHour skybox Wednesday evening to talk with Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill. "If you are looking for the bigger tent party across a whole host of issues, that's the Democratic party," he said.
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Sept. 5, 2012
NewsHour political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss why neither party is trying to appeal to voters outside their base, how united the Democrats seem at this convention and the rhetorical emphasis on "protection."
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Sept. 5, 2012
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Houston Mayor Annise Parker and Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles and chair of the Convention, talk to Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill about the boom of city migration in the last few decades, how major metropolitan centers drive the U.S. economy and how local governments resolve major conflicts.
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Sept. 5, 2012
For the first time, Hispanic politicians were major speakers at both national conventions, illustrating the growing power wielded by those politicians and Hispanic voters, who make up a critical portion of the population in three swing states. Ray Suarez reports.
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Sept. 5, 2012
Did President Barack Obama bailout the U.S. auto industry or did he rescue it? Michigan Sen. Carl Levin and Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan talk to Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill about that "tough political call," how they feel it has benefitted their states and how they perceive the Republican response to that move.
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Sept. 5, 2012
Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx talks to Ray Suarez about the decision to move President Barack Obama's nomination acceptance speech from the Bank of America Stadium to the Time Warner Cable Arena due to concerns about inclement weather and security.
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Sept. 5, 2012
In other news Wednesday, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan campaigned in Iowa, where he said that Bill Clinton's popularity wouldn't absolve President Obama's economic record. Also, Hurricane Isaac washed large amounts of oil remaining from the 2010 BP spill onto the shores of Louisiana, restricting fishing.
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Sept. 5, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks talk to Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill about the critical consensus on the success of Michelle Obama's speech, and how Bill Clinton, a "brilliant advocate," knows how to crystalize an argument.
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Sept. 5, 2012
The NewsHour partnered with Pew Research Center for a quiz to determine where voters fall on the political spectrum. At the Democratic National Convention we've been asking people to take the quiz on camera. Outgoing Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D- Ohio, was our first.
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Sept. 5, 2012
With the threat of thunderstorms holding at 40 percent, organizers for the Democratic National Convention have made the call to move Thursday's events, including President Obama's nomination acceptance speech, out of the open-air, 74,000-seat Bank of America Stadium into the closed-roof, 20,000-seat Time Warner Cable Arena.
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Sept. 5, 2012
Several speakers cited the 2010 health law as a signature achievement of the Obama administration Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. This video sample includes mother Stacey Lihn, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro and first lady Michelle Obama.