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>>> JOHN McCAIN'S MY FRIEND.
I KNOW YOU HEAR THAT FRIEND USED
ALL THE TIME IN POLITICS.
I MEAN IT, JOHN McCAIN IS MY
FRIEND.
WE TRAVELED THE WORLD TOGETHER.
IT'S A FRIENDSHIP THAT GOES
BEYOND POLITICS.
AND THE PERSONAL COURAGE AND
HEROISM DEMONSTRATED BY JOHN
STILL AMAZES ME.
BUT I PROFOUNDLY -- I PROFOUNDLY
DISAGREE WITH THE DIRECTION JOHN
WANTS TO TAKE THIS COUNTRY, FROM
AFGHANISTAN TO IRAQ.
>> CHRIS JUST MADE A WONDERFUL
RHETORICAL QUESTION THERE.
HOW OFTEN WILL WE HEAR ANY
REPUBLICAN SAY THAT?
PERHAPS LOST IN THE SHUFFLE
AMONG THE SPEECHES FROM BILL
CLINTON AND JOE BIDEN TONIGHT,
THE TWO HEADLINERS, AN
EXTRAORDINARY TOUGH INDICTMENT
OF JOHN McCAIN FROM THE 2004
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, JOHN KERRY,
WHO PULLED A TURNAROUND AND USED
THEM AGAINST McCAIN.
>> WHEN WE CHOOSE A COMMANDER IN
CHIEF THIS NOVEMBER, WE ARE
ELECTING JUDGMENT AND CHARACTER,
NOT YEARS IN THE SENATE OR ON
THIS EARTH.
TIME AND AGAIN, BARACK OBAMA HAS
SEEN FARTHER AND LISTENED HARDER
AND LISTENED BETTER AND THOUGHT
HARDER.
AND TIME AND AGAIN BARACK OBAMA
HAS PROVEN RIGHT.
JOHN McCAIN STOOD ON THE DECK OF
AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER JUST THREE
MONTHS AFTER 9/11 AND HE
PROCLAIMED, NEXT UP, BAGHDAD.
THE JUDGMENT IMMEDIATELY FROM
BARACK OBAMA WAS, TO SEE AN
OCCUPATION OF UNDETERMINED
LENGTH, UNDETERMINED
CONSEQUENCES, UNDETERMINED COST
THAT IN HIS WORDS WOULD ONLY FAN
THE FLAMES OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
WELL, GUESS WHAT?
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
SO -- SO, WHO CAN WE TRUST TO
KEEP AMERICA SAFE?
WHEN BARACK OBAMA PROMISED TO
HONOR THE BEST TRADITIONS OF
BOTH PARTIES AND TALKED TO OUR
ENEMIES, JOHN McCAIN SCOFFED.
GEORGE BUSH CALLED IT THE FALSE
COMFORT OF APPEASEMENT.
BUT TODAY, BUSH'S DIPLOMATS ARE
DOING EXACTLY WHAT OBAMA SAID,
TALKING WITH IRAN.
SO WHO CAN WE TRUST TO KEEP
AMERICA SAFE?
WHEN DEMOCRAT ROLLED OUTOF
RUSSIA AND THE TANKS ROLLED INTO
GEORGIA, WE SAW JOHN McCAIN
IMMEDIATELY RESPONSIBLED WITH
OUTDATED THINKING OF THE COLD
WAR.
BARACK OBAMA RESPONDED LIKE A
TRUE FRIEND OF GEORGIA AND A
STATESMAN OFF THE 21st CENTURY.
SO WHO CAN WE TRUST TO KEEP
AMERICA SAFE?
>> OBAMA!
>> WHEN DEMOCRATS CALLED FOR A
TIMETABLE TO BRING OUR HEROES
HOME, JOHN McCAIN CALLED IT CUT
AND RUN.
BUT TODAY, EVEN PRESIDENT BUSH
HAS SEEN THE LIGHT AND HE AND
PRIME MINISTER MALIKI AGREE ON,
GUESS WHAT, A TIMETABLE.
SO WHO CAN WE TRUST TO KEEP
AMERICA SAFE?
>> OBAMA!
>> THE McCAIN/BUSH REPUBLICANS
HAVE BEEN WRONG AGAIN AND AGAIN
AND AGAIN.
AND THEY KNOW THEY WILL LOSE ON
THE ISSUES.
SO THE CANDIDATE WHO ONCE
CAMPAIGNED ON THE PROMISE OF A
CAMPAIGN OF IDEAS, NOT INSULTS,
NOW HAS NOTHING LEFT BUT
PERSONAL ATTACKS.
HOW INSULTING TO SUGGEST THAT
THOSE WHO QUESTION THE MISSION
QUESTION THE TROOPS.
HOW PATHETIC TO SUGGEST THAT
THOSE WHO QUESTION A FAILED
POLICY DOUBT AMERICA ITSELF.
HOW DESPERATE TO TELL THE SON OF
A SINGLE MOTHER WHO CHOSE
COMMUNITY SERVICE OVER MONEY AND
PRIVILEGE THAT HE DOESN'T PUT
AMERICA FIRST?
NO ONE --
[ APPLAUSE ]
NO ONE CAN QUESTION BARACK.
NO ONE CAN QUESTION BARACK
OBAMA'S PATRIOTISM.
LIKE ALL OF US, LIKE ALL OF US,
HE WAS TAUGHT WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE AN AMERICAN BY HIS FAMILY.
HIS GRANDMOTHER, WHO WORKED ON
AN ASSEMBLY ALIGN IN WORLD WAR
II, HIS GRANDFATHER WHO MARCHED
IN PATTON'S ARMY AND HIS GREAT
UNCLE WHO ENLISTED IN THE ARMY
RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AT THE
HEIGHT OF THE WAR AND ON A
SPRING DAY IN 1945, THAT GREAT
UNCLE HELPED LIBERATE ONE OF THE
CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BARACK
OBAMA'S UNKLE IS HERE WITH US
TONIGHT.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN SALUTING THIS
AMERICAN HERO, CHARLIE PAYNE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> CHARLIE, YOUR NEPHEW, BARACK
OBAMA WILL END THIS POLITICS OF
DISTORTION AND DIVISION.
HE WILL BE A PRESIDENT WHO SEEKS
NOT TO PERFECT THE LIVES OF
SWIFT BOATING BUT TO END THEM
ONCE AND FOR ALL.
THIS ELECTION -- THIS ELECTION
IS A CHANCE FOR AMERICA TO TELL
THE MERCHANTS OF FEAR AND
DIVISION, YOU DON'T DECIDE WHO
LOVES THIS COUNTRY.
YOU DON'T DECIDE WHO IS A PAT
ROT.
YOU DON'T DECIDE WHOSE SERVICE
COUNTS AND WHOSE DOESN'T.
>> SENATOR JOHN KERRY EARLIER
TONIGHT, WORDS THAT WOULD HAVE
SERVED HIM WELL IN 2004 BUT MAY
YET SERVE BARACK OBAMA VERY WELL
IN 2008.
CHRIS?
>> WELL, THE RESULTS OF OUR
LATEST TEXT SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
ARE IN RIGHT NOW.
IS IT IMPORTANT FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
TO "A," DEFINE BARACK OBAMA OR
"B," ATTACK JOHN McCAIN?
WELL, THIS IS ABOUT 50/50.
COULDN'T BE MUCH CLOSER.
52% OF THOSE WHO WERE TEXTING
SAY THE DEMOCRATS NEED TO DEFINE
BARACK OBAMA AND 48% SAID THE
NEED IS TO ATTACK JOHN McCAIN.
THAT'S NOT VERY DECISIVE.
EARLIER TODAY WE ASKED DID
HILLARY CLINTON'S SPEECH LAST
NIGHT HELP UNITE THE PARTY?
87% OF THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED
SAID YES.
JUST 13% SAID NO.
I WILL BE BACK FROM DENVER,
AFTER THIS.
>>> I'M MIKE WILSON.
AS A SMALLTOWN TENNESSEE GUY AND
REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, I CAN'T
TELL YOU WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO
BE HERE TODAY TO NOMINATE BARACK
OBAMA.
TO NOMINATE BARACK OBAMA AS THE
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES!
>> A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN.
WE REJOIN YOU WITH MSNBC'S
COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION, NIGHT NUMBER THREE,
LIVE FROM DENVER.
LET'S GO BACK TO NORAH O'DONNELL
AND THE PANEL.
>> AS BARACK OBAMA PREPARES TO
MAKE THIS BIG SPEECH AT MILE
HIGH STADIUM, THERE IS THE
POSSIBLE SCENARIO THAT JOHN
McCAIN'S RUNNING MATE WILL BE
LEAKED OUT TOMORROW, ACCORDING
TO THE POLITICO, THEY ARE
REPORTING THAT HE HAS SELECTED
HIS RUNNING MATE.
AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE
MADE ON FRIDAY MORNING.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?
>> IF THEY ALLOW IT TO LEAK,
IT'S SLIGHTLY LOW ROAD.
I DO FIND IT INCREDIBLE THE
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT IS GOING
TO COME ON FRIDAY.
IT'S THE ANNIVERSARY OF KATRINA
MAKING LANDFALL IN NEW ORLEANS.
AND WHEN KATRINA MADE LANDFALL
IN NEW ORLEANS, WHERE WAS JOHN
McCAIN?
HE WAS STANDING ON AN AIRPORT
TARMAC WITH PRESIDENT BUSH
CUTTING INTO HIS OWN HAPPY JOHN
McCAIN BIRTHDAY CAKE.
THAT'S WHERE HE WAS WHEN KATRINA
MADE LANDFALL.
JOHN McCAIN WENT ON TO VOTE
AGAINST THE INVESTIGATION OF THE
GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO
KATRINA.
JOHN McCAIN WHEN CONGRESS WAS
CONSIDERING HOW TO RESPOND TO
IT, HE CAUTIONED CONGRESS
AGAINST OVERREACTING.
NOW WE HAVE GUSTAV CHURNING OFF
THE COAST WITH A POTENTIAL BEAT
ON NEW ORLEANS AGAIN.
THE DIRECTOR SAYS WE HAVE SOME
WORK DONE ON THE LEVEES.
>> GIVEN WHAT RACHEL JUST LAID
OUT AS THE PERFECT STORM
BREWING --
>> WELL BE IT'S A STORM THAT
COULD HAVE POLITICAL IMPACT.
NO ONE COULD ROOT FOR GUSTAV.
I COVERED KATRINA.
THE DEVASTATION IS BROUGHT IN
NEW ORLEANS WAS HORRIBLE.
I RAN INTO MAYOR RAY NAGIN TODAY
AT THE PEPSI CENTER.
HE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER -- AND
QUESTIONING WHAT HAS THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS DONE TO
PREVENT ANOTHER DISASTER LIKE
THE ONE WE SAW?
AND WILL THE GOVERNMENT RESPOND
IF IT HAS TO RESPOND IN A WAY
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IN ANY WAY
MORE PROFESSIONAL OR LIFE-SAVING
THAN IT WAS THE FIRST TIME.
>> HOW DOES THAT NOT SEEP INTO
THE COVERAGE ABOUT CONFIDENCE?
THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
CHALLENGED WITH KATRINA AND THE
IRAQ WAR AND WHETHER JOHN McCAIN
HAS THE CONFIDENCE TO BE
COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
>> I DON'T THINK IT AFFECTS JOHN
McCAIN.
CERTAINLY KATRINA WILL BE A BIG
REMINDER OF THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION, IT'S GREATEST
DOMESTIC FAILURE.
YOU ASKED ABOUT THE VICE
PRESIDENT, DID YOU NOT?
>> YEAH, BUT RACHEL BROUGHT UP
THE OTHER.
>> WE'LL DO THE HURRICANE LATER
FOR YOU LATER, RACHEL.
HERE'S THE THING, THE BIDEN
SELECTION, I THINK, SHOULD POINT
TO ME MORE TO A ROMNEY THING.
BIDEN HELPS IN THOSE COUNTIES,
MOVES PENNSYLVANIA OUT OF REACH.
YOU COULD COUNTER THAT IF YOU
PICK UP MICHIGAN.
BIDEN WILL BE EXCELLENT IN
DEBATE ON FOREIGN POLICY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I'VE BEEN A FAN OF SARA
PALLEN IN ALASKA.
I THINK SHE'S TOO YOUNG AND TOO
INEXPERIENCED TO PUT IN A
CONTEST THERE.
I HEAR THAT McCAIN'S LEANING
TOWARD PALENTY.
I LIKE MITT ROMNEY.
I MET HIM TODAY.
MY SISTER WORKED FOR HIM.
I THINK HE'D BE THE BETTER
CHOICE.
I THINK IT'S A TOSSUP.
IT WON'T BE LIEBERMAN.
IF IT'S LIEBERMAN, I'LL BE GOING
TO THE CONVENTION EARLY FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
>> I ALWAYS THOUGHT ROMNEY WAS
THE BEST CHOICE FROM HIS POINT
OF VIEW.
>> IMAGINE PICKING THE MAN WHO
WAS GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA WHEN
THERE WAS A BRIDGE COLLAPSE.
>> HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR A BRIDGE
COLLAPSE?
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING.
>> PICKING THE ANNIVERSARY ISN'T
SAYING I WANT IT ALL TO HAPPEN
AGAIN.
IT'S A SYMBOLIC POWER OF
CHOOSING THAT DATE, THAT SETTING
AND THAT GUY.
>> THE DATE A BRIDGE COLLAPSED
ON A FEDERAL HIGHWAY IS
SOMETHING NATIONALLY IMPORTANT?
IT MAY BE HERE, I AGREE.
>> YOU TALK EARLIER ABOUT HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS POLITICALLY TO
DIVIDE AMERICANS.
I THINK THAT AMERICANS RIGHT
NOW, THAT -- IT'S NOT
NECESSARILY DRIVING A WEDGE
BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS OF
AMERICA CALLING ONE SIDE BAD,
ONE SIDE GOOD.
I THINK WHAT'S POLITICALLY -- IS
RECOGNIZING HOW MAD AMERICANS
ARE ABOUT THE FACT THAT OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE IS THIRD WORLD
RATE AND DECLINING, NOBODY'S
EVER BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR
THE WAR.
THE COUNTRY IS UNIED AROUND THIS
STUFF.
>> IS THE GOVERNOR RESPONSIBLE
FOR THAT?
>> HE'S NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
BRIDGE.
HE, HOWEVER, HAPPENS TO BE A
REPUBLICAN AND THE REPUBLICAN
ADMINISTRATION CAN RIGHTLY BE
BLAMED FOR THE DETERIORATION, A
LOT OF DETERIORATION OF THE
FAILURE TO FIX IT AND INADEQUATE
AND SHAMEFUL RESPONSE TO KATRINA
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
ANNIVERSARY OF KATRINA , THE
NIGHT OF THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE.
MITT ROMNEY, I THINK HE'S BY FAR
THE BETTER CAMPAIGNER.
I THINK HE'D BE -- BUT I DON'T
THINK HE GETS IN MICHIGAN.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> HE WAS GOVERNOR A LONG TIME
AGO.
THE ROMNEY NAME DOESN'T HAVE
WHAT IT USED TO HAVE.
>> WHAT I HEARD FROM REPUBLICANS
IS IT'S DOWN TO PALENTI AND
ROGER.
HE IS AN INDEPENDENT.
HE MAY HAVE MORE APPEAL TO SOME
OF THE HILLARY CLINTON
SUPPORTERS.
>> RIDGE WOULD BE AN AUTOMATIC
CHOICE IF HE WERE NOT PRO
CHOICE.
HE HAS TROUBLE WITH THE CATHOLIC
CLRNLG JI AND THEN HAVE YOU TO
TAKE THE EVANGELICALS.
WHAT DO THEY THINK OF A CATHOLIC
THAT'S PRO CHOICE.
THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE
PROBLEM.
>> DON'T THOSE EVANGELICALS HAVE
ISSUES WITH MITT ROMNEY?
>> THEY DO BECAUSE OF THE
MORMONISM.
THEY WILL GO ALONG WITH MITT
ROMNEY IF BARACK OBAMA IS THE
ALTERNATIVE.
HE DOESN'T GIVE YOU MICHIGAN,
NOT AUTOMATICALLY.
IT GIVES YOU CLAIM ON THE STATES
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF
DEMOCRATIC PROBLEMS UP THERE THE
IN CITY OF DETROIT.
RACHEL CAN TELL US ABOUT IT.
HER FRIENDS UP THERE, HAVE A
LITTLE SOCIAL PROBLEM, DON'T
THEY?
>> WAIT A MINUTE.
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT KWAME
KILPATRICK?
>> THE MESS IN DETROIT.
THAT GIVES REPUBLICANS MORE
REACH IN THERE THAN THEY HAVE IN
OTHER STATES.
>> -- MY SOCIAL PROBLEM.
>> WE ARE GETTING SET UP FOR A
FASCINATING DAY TOMORROW, NOT
ONLY BECAUSE OF BARACK OBAMA BUT
BECAUSE JOHN McCAIN HAS
PAERNTDLY MADE HIS DECISION
ABOUT HIS VICE PRESIDENT.
THAT PERSON WILL BE INFORMED
TOMORROW.
>> WHAT'S YOUR GUESS?
PUT IT ON THE LINE HERE, NORAH.
>> I'M STILL A REPORTER.
I HEARD IT WAS DOWN TO PALENTI
AND RIDGE.
>> ANSWER THE QUESTION.
>> LET ME REMIND YOU, PAT, I
LEAD THE PANEL.
I ASK THE QUESTIONS.
I LOVE YOU.
>> THANK YOU, BOSS LADY.
>> A GROUP HUG IN A MINUTE.
>> I'M GETTING THE WRAP.
KEITH, I'M SENDING IT UP TO YOU,
BUDDY.
>> BOY, OH, BOY, RACHEL'S A BAD
INFLUENCE ON YOU, NORAH.
THANK YOU.
>>> WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CHOICE AND
THE PROSPECT OF IT BEING LEAKED
OUT TO BLUNT THE OBAMA
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH TOMORROW,
CHRIS AND I WERE SITTING HERE
TALKING ABOUT THIS.
IT'S GREAT TO LEAK THAT OUT IF
IT'S GOING TO BE A WOW MOMENT.
>> JOE LIEBERMAN.
>> A DEMOCRAT WHO'S PRO CHOICE
WHO AGREES WITH YOU ON THE WAR
IN IRAQ BUT DISAGREES ON OTHER
THINGS.
TO PICK A TIM POLENTA, THERE IS
NO NEWS.
TIM POLENTA.
REMEMBER CUOMO USED TO TALK AS
POLENTA.
IT'S SOMEWHAT SUBSTANTIVE.
I THINK THE NEWS WOULD BE KAY
BAILEY HUTCHISON.
I THINK SHE'S AN IMPRESSIVE
PUBLIC FIGURE COULD BE EASILY
THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF TEXAS BUT
NOT NECESSARILY PRO LIFE IN A
VERY DRAMATIC WAY.
A LITTLE BIT MURKY THERE.
IF YOU PICK JOE LIEBERMAN IT
WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME SINCE
ANDREW JOHNSON WHERE YOU'D HAVE
A SPLIT TICKET, SOMEBODY ON THE
OTHER PARTY.
JOHNSON WAS A PRO-NORTHERN
DEMOCRAT.
TO PICK SOMEONE BECAUSE NO ONE
ELSE CAME TO MINED IN A STATE
YOU WILL NOT CARRY, IS THIS TO
HELP DEFEAT AL FRANKEN?
IS THIS THE GOAL?
WE'RE PUTTING EVERYTHING INTO
DEFEATING AL FRANKEN.
>> BECAUSE TOM RIDGE WAS TOO
EDGY.
>> RIDGE, AGAIN, ANOTHER
SPECTACULAR CHOICE IF YOU WANT
SPECTACLE.
PAT IS PROBABLY RIGHT KNOWING
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
YOU WOULD HAVE THE TONY PERKINS'
OF THE WORLD AND THE FOCUS ON
THE FAMILY PEOPLE.
HE KNOWS THE WHOLE LIST OF THOSE
PEOPLE WHO WOULD IMMEDIATELY
REBELL.
IT WOULD BE LIKE THE DIXIE-CRATS
WALKING OUT, TO MAKE A BAD
REFERENCE.
IF IT'S MITT ROMNEY OR POLENTA,
"S" IT'S NOT INTERESTING.
TO NARROW IT DOWN AND SAY IT
MIGHT BE RIDGE, IT'S TO MAKE HIM
FEEL BETTER.
>> OBVIOUSLY WE'LL SPEND A WEEK
WITH THE REPUBLICANS IN TALKING
ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK IN
MINNESOTA.
STILL MUCH MORE TO COME HERE.
OBVIOUSLY TOMORROW.
PLUS MORE OF THE SIGHTS AND
SOUNDS OF THIS NIGHT.
YOU'RE WATCHING MSNBC'S COVERAGE
OF NIGHT THREE OF THE DEMOCRAT
IN CONVENTION, LIVE IN DENVER.
>>> WE WANT TO OPEN UP THIS
CONVENTION TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
WHO WANTS TO COME CAN JOIN IN
THE PARTY AND JOIN IN THE EFFORT
TO TAKE AMERICA BACK.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
GREAT NIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
THERE.
>> WE CONTINUE WITH MSNBC'S
TENNING COVERAGE WHICH IS WHY WE
CALLING CONTINUING AT THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
TODAY CAME THE BIG TEST.
THE MOMENT THAT HAD BEEN
NEGOTIATED FOR WEEKS AND NOW
SEEMS YEARS AGO.
EXACTLY HOW WOULD BARACK OBAMA
WIN THE NOMINATION WHILE
RESPECTING AND PLEASING THE
SUPPORTERS OF HILLARY CLINTON?
BOTH CLINTON AND OBAMA'S NAMES
WERE ENTERED INTO NOMINATION
TONIGHT.
THE ROLL CALL VOTE ENSUED AND
HALFWAY THROUGH IT, SENATOR
CLINTON JOINED THE NEW YORK
DELEGATION TO BRING THAT ROLL
CALL TO AN END.
HERE IS HOW THAT HISTORY WAS
MADE.
>> MADAM SECRETARY.
ON BEHALF OF THE GREAT STATE OF
NEW YORK, WITH APPRECIATION FOR
THE SPIRIT AND DEDICATION OF ALL
WHO ARE GATHERED HERE, WITH EYES
FIRMLY FIXED ON THE FUTURE, IN
THE SPIRIT OF UNITY, WITH THE
GOAL OF VICTORY, WITH FAITH IN
OUR PARTY AND OUR COUNTRY, LET'S
DECLARE, TOGETHER, IN ONE VOICE
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW THAT
BARACK OBAMA IS OUR CANDIDATE
AND HE WILL BE OUR PRESIDENT!
MADAM SECRETARY --
[ APPLAUSE ]
MADAM SECRETARY, I MOVE THAT THE
CONVENTION SUSPEND THE
PROCEDURAL RULES AND SUSPEND THE
FURTHER CONDUCT OF THE ROLL CALL
VOTE.
ALL VOTES PASSED BY THE
DELEGATES WILL BE COUNTED AND
THAT I MOVE SENATOR BARACK OBAMA
OF ILLINOIS BE SELECTED BY THIS
CONVENTION, BY ACCLAMATION AS
THE NOMINEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> SENATOR CLINTON HAS MOVED IN
THE SPIRIT OF UNITY TO SUSPEND
THE RULES OF THE CONVENTION AND
TO NOMINATE BARACK OBAMA BY
ACCLAMATION AS THE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
IS THERE A SECOND?
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO
SUSPEND THE RULES AND NOMINATE
BY ACCLAMATION BARACK OBAMA AS
THE DEMOCRAT PARTY'S
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, PLEASE
SAY I.
>> I.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.
TWO-THIRDS OF THE DELEGATES
HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE,
THE MOTION IS ADOPTED.
>> THE FASTEST GAVEL IN THE
WEST.
HOURS AFTER THAT, HER HUSBAND
TOOK TO THE PODIUM TO MAKE THE
CASE THAT SENATOR OBAMA IS READY
TO BE COMMANDER IN CHIEF ON DAY
ONE.
HERE'S SOME OF WHAT FORMER
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON SAID THIS
EVENING.
>> EVERYTHING I LEARNED IN MY
EAT YEARS AS PRESIDENT AND IN
THE WORK I HAVE DONE SINCE IN
AMERICA AND ACROSS THE GLOBE,
HAS CONVINCED ME THAT BARACK
OBAMA IS THE MAN FOR THIS JOB.
NOW WE HE HAS A REMARKABLE
ABILITY TO INSPIRE PEOPLE, TO
RAISE OUR HOPES AND RALLY US TO
HIGH PURPOSE.
HE HAS THE INTELLIGENCE AND
CURIOSITY EVERY SUCCESSFUL
PRESIDENT NEEDS.
HIS POLICIES ON THE ECONOMY, ON
TAXES, ON HEALTH CARE, ON
ENERGY, ARE FAR SUPERIOR TO THE
REPUBLICAN ALTERNATIVES.
HE HAS SHOWN -- HE HAS SHOWN A
CLEAR GLASS OF NATIONAL SECURITY
CHALLENGES AND A FIRM COMMITMENT
TO REBUILD OUR BADLY STRAINED
MILITARY.
HIS FAMILY HERITAGE AND HIS LIFE
EXPERIENCES HAVE GIVEN HIM A
UNIQUE CAPACITY TO LEAD OUR
INCREASINGLY DIVERSE NATION IN
AN EVERMORE INTERDEPENDENT
WORLD.
THE LONG, HARD PRIMARY TESTED
AND STRENGTHENED HIM.
AND IN HIS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL
DECISION, THE SELECTION OF A
RUNNING MATE, HE HIT IT OUT OF
THE PARK.
WITH JOE BIDEN'S EXPERIENCE AND
WISDOM, SUPPORTING BARACK
OBAMA'S PROVEN UNDERSTANDING,
INSTINCTS AND INSIGHT, AMERICA
WILL HAVE THE NATIONAL SECURI
LEADERSHIP WE NEED.
AND SO MY FELLOW DEMOCRATS, I
SAY TO YOU, BARACK OBAMA IS
READY TO LEAD AMERICA AND TO
RESTORE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN
THE WORLD.
BARACK OBAMA IS READY TO HONOR
THE OATH, TO PRESERVE, PROTECT
AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED STATES.
BARACK OBAMA IS READY TO BE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> THE READY, READY, READY
SPEECH IN WHICH SENATOR CLINTON
SHOWED YOU HE HIT IT OUT OF THE
PARK.
AND COORS FIELD WHERE WE'RE TOLD
AT THIS HOUR, ABOUT 1,000
CLINTON ADMINISTRATION AND
CAMPAIGN ALUMNI ARE GATHERED AT
COORS FIELD AWAITING THE ARRIVAL
AT 10:45 MOUNTAIN TIME TONIGHT,
THE ARRIVAL OF PRESIDENT CLINTON
FOR A REUNION, ALUMNI MEETING.
THE SENATOR WILL NOT BE
ATTENDING BUT PRESIDENT CLINTON
WILL BE.
THAT'S WHY THE LIGHTS ARE ON AND
THERE ARE PEOPLE HOME AT A
BASEBALL STADIUM AT 10:45 P.M.
LOCAL TIME.
LET'S GO TO CHRIS MATTHEWS AND
OUR LOVELY AUDIENCE.
>> THANK YOU, KEITH.
ALL RIGHT, NOW, LOOK, I WANT
EVERYBODY TO GET A CHANCE TO
TALK.
A LITTLE RESPECT HERE.
SIR, WHY ARE YOU FOR JOHN
McCAIN?
>> I ACTUALLY WANTED HIM IN
2000.
I LIKE THE POINTS THAT HE'S
MAKING.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE
DRILLING OIL OUT IN THE GULF.
THAT'S AN EASY, STRAIGHT UP
ANSWER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHO ARE YOU FOR?
YOU CAN'T VOTE, CAN YOU?
>> NO.
BUT I CAN VOTE IN FIVE YEARS.
I'M FOR OBAMA BECAUSE WE NEED A
CHANGE.
WE CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS
OF THE BUSH POLICY.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I'M TOTALLY FOR OBAMA.
I THINK THE CLINTONS DID A
FABULOUS JOB OF UNDERSTANDING WE
NEED TO UNITE THE PARTY.
THIS IS NOT GOOD EGO AND ANY
INDIVIDUAL PERSON BUT THE
COUNTRY.
>> WERE YOU SURPRISED POSITIVELY
OR ANY OTHER WAY IN THE MANNER
IN WHICH THE CLENTONS HANDLED
THESE TWO DAYS?
>> I WAS PLEASED.
I WAS CONCERNED.
THE MEDIA MADE IT SEEM LIKE
THERE'S A HUGE PROBLEM WITH
HILLARY SUPPORTERS.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT THEIR EGO OR
HURT FEELINGS.
THIS IS ABOUT THE COUNTRY.
>> LET'S GET MORE VIEWS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK HILLARY CLINTON DID A
GREAT JOB OF UNITING EVERYONE
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S
GOING TO BE GOOD TO SEE BARACK
OBAMA OUT THERE.
I THINK IT'S GOOD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
I GUESS I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT
THE PROSPECT OF THE NEXT COUPLE
DAYS AND WHAT THE PARTY HAS
AHEAD.
WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE NIGHT
TONIGHT.
IT'S BEGINNING TO BE GREAT.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF PAT
BUCHANAN?
>> WE LOVE PAT!
>> I THINK RACHEL -- I THINK
RACHEL KILLED HIM TONIGHT.
>> DO YOU THINK HE SHOULD RUN
FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN?
>> NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
>> THANK YOU.
SIR, WHAT DOES THE "C" STAND
FOR?
>> THE CUBS.
>> THE CUBS!
>> HECK YEAH.
>> THE METS BEAT THE PHILLIES
TONIGHT.
THAT WILL CHANGE TOMORROW NIGHT.
GO AHEAD.
>> I THINK THIS COULD POSSIBLY
BE THE FIRST TIME WE'LL HAVE A
BLACK PRESIDENT.
AND HE'S COMING FROM CHICAGO AND
THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD SIGN
FOR THE CUBBIES.
WE MAY WIN THE WORLD SERIES FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
>> YOU'RE WELL DRESSED.
WE'LL GIVE YOU THAT.
>> I KIND OF LOOK NICE.
>> HOW OLD ARE YOU ROUGHLY?
>> 18.
>> YOU CAN VOTE?
>> YES.
MY FIRST ELECTION.
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?
>> I DON'T FOAL LIKE GOING TO
WAR IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
I'M VOTING FOR OBAMA, YEAH.
>> MADAM?
>> YES.
>> WELL?
THAT'S ALL I DO IS ASK.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
YOUR FEELINGS, YOUR THOUGHTS
ABOUT TONIGHT?
I THOUGHT IT WAS UNEXPECTEDLY
HARMONIOUS.
I'M PART OF THE MEDIA THAT
THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A BIGGER
FIGHT.
I ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING
ON BELOW THE SURFACE.
WHEN PEOPLE LIKE GOVERNOR
RENDELL DO WHAT THEY DO, I'M NOT
SURE WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> HERE'S THE THING, CHRIS.
WE HAVE NEW BLOOD COMING IN
HERE.
BLACK, OBAMA.
WE HAVE HIS WIFE.
THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE AS THE
FIRST LADY OF THIS COUNTRY.
THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
WE HAVE HILLARY CLINTON.
THE FIRST WOMAN THAT HAS BEEN
AND GOTTEN THIS FAR.
AND HAS BEEN SO GRACIOUS IN THIS
WEEK AND IN HER SPEECH
YESTERDAY, PASSING IT OFF TO
BARACK OBAMA.
THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
AND VERY AWESOME IN THIS
COUNTRY.
>> THANK YOU.
VERY WELL SAID.
COULDN'T BE SAID BETTER THAN
THAT.
BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, CHRIS.
THANK YOU, PANEL.
THANK YOU PANEL OF FANS.
FINAL THOUGHTS FROM NORAH AND
THE OTHER PANEL ON WHAT BARACK
OBAMA NEEDS TO DO TOMORROW AT
MILE HIGH STADIUM, WHEN WE
RETURN.
THIS IS MSNBC'S COVERAGE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVEN
>>> IF YOU MISSED PRESIDENT
CLINTON'S SPEECH OR JOE BIDEN'S
SPEECH, WE'LL BE REPLAYING THEM
LATER IN THE EVENING.
LET'S WRAP THIS UP, FINAL
THOUGHTS WITH NORAH O'DONNELL
AND OUR PANEL.
>> THANK YOU.
AS WE REACH INTO DAY FOUR
ALREADY AT THE TIME OF THIS HOUR
WITH OUR PANEL, WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD, LOOKING TO TOMORROW.
I GUESS IT'S TODAY ALREADY.
BARACK OBAMA'S BIG SPEECH, OF
COURSE, AT MILE HIGH STADIUM.
PAT?
YOUR FINAL THOUGHTS.
WHAT DOES BARACK OBAMA NEED TO
DO?
WHAT DO THE REPUBLICANS
IMMEDIATE TO DO?
>> THE REPUBLICANS SHOULD STAY
OUT OF TOMORROW.
BUT BARACK OBAMA SHOULD NOT LET
THE REPUBLICANS DRIVE HIM AWAY
FROM THE SPEECH THAT BROUGHT HIM
WHERE HE IS.
NOW, HE'S OVERDONE THAT SPEECH.
A LOT OF US HAVE SEEN IT SO MANY
TIMES, DIMINISHING RETURNS.
HE GOT IN TROUBLE IN BERLIN.
HE SHOULDN'T TRY TO CHANGE NOW
BECAUSE THE 50 MILLION OR 60
MILLION AMERICANS HAVEN'T SEEN
IT.
GIVE THE BIG SPEECH AS WELL AS
YOU CAN, AS HONED AS YOU CAN.
MAYBE ADD SOME THINGS BUT DON'T
LET THE REPUBLICANS DRIVE YOU
OFF THE GAME.
>> COULD IT BE MORE
WORKMAN-LIKE?
>> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE POLICY
PRESCRIPTIONS IN HIS SPEECHES.
HE'LL TALK ABOUT MIDDLE-CLASS
PAIN AND THE ECONOMY.
IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, PAT
BUCHANAN IS RIGHT.
THIS IS THE WAY BARACK OBAMA --
PEOPLE SAY HE CAN'T CONNECT WITH
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
DU.
HE CONNECTED WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ENOUGH TO BECOME THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.
THIS IS WHAT CONNECTED WITH THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT
HE OUGHT TO DO.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT, RACHEL?
>> WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS
CONVENTION, THE GREAT DISTANCE
THAT WAS TRAVELED WAS THE UNITY
ISSUE IS SETTLED AND WHAT BARACK
OBAMA NEEDS TO DO TOMORROW IS
LOOK AT THOSE -- LOOK AT THAT
TAPE OF JOHN KERRY SPEAKING
TONIGHT AND THINKING WITH I
DON'T WANT TO BE THAT GUY.
I DON'T WANT TO BE THE GUY THAT
IS GIVING THE SPEECH THAT WOULD
HAVE WON ME THE PRESIDENCY FOUR
YEARS TOO LATE BECAUSE I ONLY
SAW IN HINDSIGHT THAT I NEEDED
TO DEFEND MYSELF LOUD AND CLEAR,
AMERICANS LOVE A FIGHTER,
AMERICANS LOVE A LEADER THAT
WON'T TAKE IT WITHOUT GIVING IT
BACK.
I HOPE KERRY'S SPEECH WILL BE
SEEN AS THAT.
IT WAS A GREAT SPEECH.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK, NORAH.
>> >> IT'S BEEN A GREAT EVENING.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, PAT, GENE, RACHEL.
CHRIS AND I AND THE CROWD WILL
RETURN AT 7:00 EASTERN TO BEGIN
OUR COVERAGE OF THE FINAL NIGHT
OF THE DEMOCRATIC CO
>>> LAST NIGHT HILLARY TOLD US
IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT SHE
IS GOING TO DO EVERYTHING SHE
CAN TO ELECT BARACK OBAMA.
>> WELCOME BACK TO MSNBC'S
CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
IN DENVER.
PRESIDENT CLINTON WORKING HIS
CROWD INTO A FRENZY.
SETTING THE STAGE, OF COURSE,
FOR JOE BIDEN'S BIG SPEECH AS
THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
COMING UP IN JUST ABOUT 20
MINUTES.
I'M CHRIS MATTHEWS ALONG SIDE
KEITH OLBERMANN.
LET'S GO RIGHT NOW TO THE
INSIDERS.
FORMER U.S. CONGRESSMAN FROM
TENNESSEE, HOWARD FORD JR. AND
MIKE MURPHY.
THEY ARE COMPOSING AN AD,
COMPARING BILL CLINTON'S REMARKS
FAVORABLE TO BARACK OBAMA
TONIGHT AND THOSE EQUALLY AND
180 DEGREES UNFAVORABLE TO HIM
PREVIOUS.
DO YOU EXPECT THAT'S GOING ON
RIGHT NOW?
>> PROBABLY.
IT WILL BE A MINI SERIES.
I ENJOYED THE IRONY OF THE
SPEECH.
BILL CLINTON WAS A STRONG
SPEECH.
DID HE WHAT HILLARY CLINTON
DIDN'T DO LAST NIGHT, MAKE A
DIRECT PERSONAL ENDORSEMENT OF
BARACK OBAMA.
I HAD TO FEEL THE IRONY AND I
WAS CHUCKLING AT IT.
I WAS TRYING TO LOOK AT IT
THROUGH THE LENS OF A HILLARY
CLINTON.
THERE'S A GOOD BILL CLINTON AND
THE BAD BILL CLINTON.
FOR A YEAR, BILL CLINTON SCREWED
UP HIS WIFE'S CAMPAIGN.
NOW HE SHOWS UP TO HIT A STRONG
TRIPLE FOR BARACK OBAMA.
I'M WAITING FOR HIM TO COME
CLOSE THE DEAL.
BARACK WILL HOLD HIS THING IN
ANOTHER BUILDING.
>> DO YOU THINK IT'S OKAY, JOHN
F. KENNEDY DID IT, AT THE
COLISEUM IN CALIFORNIA BACK IN
1960.
GOING TO A LARGER VENUE, LIKE A
FOOTBALL STADIUM.
IS IT SMART TO DO THAT AGAIN?
>> IT'S BOLD, DRAMATIC AND NOT
TOO MANY PEOPLE CAN PULL IT OFF.
LET ME SAY ONE THING ABOUT BILL
CLINTON'S REMARKS TONIGHT.
HE ESSENTIALLY ANSWERED THE TWO
OR THREE BIG QUESTIONS I THINK
McCAIN AND THAT TEAM WILL RAISE.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO RAISE AGE AND
EXPERIENCE.
BARACK OBAMA WAS IN THE STATE
SENATE.
BILL CLINTON WALKED THROUGH, THE
ONLY TWO PEOPLE, ONE WAS ON THIS
SHOW TONIGHT, DEMOCRAT, LIVING
PRESIDENT, WHO CAN GIVE US A
TRUE SENSE OF THE
CHARACTERISTICS AND ABILITIES HE
NEEDED AS A PRESIDENT.
HE REMINDED HE WAS YOUNGER THAN
BARACK OBAMA 16 YEARS AGO WHEN
HE RAN FOR THE FIRST TIME AND
WON.
HE WAS ELECTED AND RE-ELECTED,
THE ONLY DEMOCRAT IN SOME 60
YEARS TO ENJOY THAT DISTINCTION.
TO HEAR HIM LAY OUT THAT BARACK
OBAMA IS READY, THAT WE CAN'T
AFFORD THE FOUR MORE YEARS, HE
HIT ON THE TWO THEMES, THAT IF
MIKE MURPHY WERE MANAGING I
THINK HE'D AGREE.
BUT BILL CLINTON, WHAT HE DID
TONIGHT WAS TO GIVE JOE BIDEN
AND BARACK OBAMA A GOOD SENSE OF
HOW TO RUN THIS CAMPAIGN.
>> ONE FOOTNOTE TO THAT, BILL
CLINTON HAD DONE A LOT MORE WHEN
HE WAS THE YOUNG CANDIDATE
RUNNING.
HE'S BEEN A MULTITERM SUCCESSFUL
GOVERNOR, HAD BEEN A LEADER OF
THE PARTY IN THE SOUTH.
BARACK OBAMA IS RELATIVELY NEW
AND INEXPERIENCED.
THE FACT IS, THERE IS A BIG
EXPERIENCE GAP.
>> I DON'T DOUBT THAT TO BE THE
CASE.
BUT WHAT BILL
CLINTON DIDN'T HAVE THAT BARACK
OBAMA HAD, BARACK OBAMA'S BEEN
INTO THE WAR ZONE THAT WE'RE
FACING RIGHT NOW.
BARACK OBAMA SERVED ON VARIOUS
COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE WITH
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ARMED
SERVICES.
SO I THINK THAT THE QUESTIONS
WILL BE RAISED ON WHAT BILL
CLINTON DID TONIGHT, HE HELPED
UNITE THIS PARTY.
HE SAID TO CLINTON SUPPORTERS
THAT I'M NOT ONLY OKAY WITH
THIS, I'M READY FOR OBAMA'S
PRESIDENCY.
THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS --
>> I THINK BILL AND HILLARY
CLINTON ARE THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE
IN TOWN BECAUSE THEY CAME, THEY
BOTH CRUSHED IN GOOD SPEECHES
AND THEY LEFT.
NOW THEY CAN GO DO WHAT I WOULD
BET MONEY THEY'RE GOING TO DO,
WHICH IS QUIETLY VOTE FOR JOHN
McCAIN.
I BELIEVE THAT.
I BELIEVE IT.
I BELIEVE IT.
>> MIKE WANTS TO RATTLE THIS
CROWD, I THINK.
AND RATTLE US HERE ON SET.
BUT THE REALITY IS THIS.
YOU NOW HAVE TO GET OUT AND GET
TO THE ISSUES.
I THINK *** DURBIN SAID IT WELL
WITH THE DAVID GREGORY
INTERVIEW.
IT IS ABOUT TAXES, FOREIGN
POLICY, ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THE QUESTIONS NOW FOR
SENATOR OBAMA, WHAT THE CLINTONS
DID FOR HIM IN THE LAST FEW DAYS
WAS TO SETTLE THIS INTRA-PARTY
STUFF AND THE FEUDING.
NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE ISSUE.
IF BARACK OBAMA DOES THAT WELL,
WE'LL BE READY TO SWEAR HIM IN
IN JANUARY.
IF NOT, HE WON'T WIN THE RACE.
>> I AGREE.
>> LET ME ASK YOU, MIKE, ARE WE
TO PLACE THE CREDIBILITY OF YOU
AS A PUNDIT ON YOUR BELIEF,
WHICH YOU'VE JUST ASSERTED, THAT
THE CLINTONS WILL VOTE FOR JOHN
McCAIN?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I REALLY BELIEVE HILLARY CLINTON
WILL VOTE FOR McCAIN.
LOOK, THEY'RE FRIENDS -- ALL
RIGHT, COME ON.
DON'T SHOUT ME DOWN.
LET ME TALK.
I MEAN, COME ON, YOU GUYS ARE IN
A TANK WE'D BE FILMING THIS IN A
SUBMARINE.
THE FACT IS BARACK OBAMA TO HIS
CREDIT HAS MOVED CLOSER TO JOHN
McCAIN ON FOREIGN POLICY.
>> MIKE, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M
ASKING YOU.
GET BACK TO THE QUESTION.
>> LET'S WRAP HIM UP, ALL RIGHT?
>> YOU SAY THE AUDIENCE OUT
THERE IS BIASED.
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
WHERE WOULD YOU FIND AN AUDIENCE
IN SANE AMERICA THAT WOULD AGREE
WITH YOU?
>> I BELIEVE THAT JOHN McCAIN IS
A DIFFERENT KIND OF REPUBLICAN
AND HILLARY CLINTON WHO IS A
SMART, TOUGH, PRAGMATIC DEMOCRAT
ARE A LOT MORE COMMON ON MOST
FOREIGN POLICY QUESTIONS.
SO I JUST BELIEVE THAT.
I THINK A LOT OF SMART MONEY
PEOPLE DO.
A LOT OF REPORTERS JOKE AROUND
ABOUT IT.
NO, I CAN'T PROVE IT.
>> THAT'S AD COPY FOR REPUBLICAN
AD CAMPAIGN.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT COMING
OUT OF THIS EXPERIENCE WATCHING
IT TONIGHT, CHU CAN OBJECTIVELY
OBSERVE IN WATCHING THE
PERFORMANCE OF THE TWO CLINTONS,
WATCHING HOW THEY PUT THEIR
HEART INTO THIS RECOMMENDATION
OF THEIR FOLLOWERS TO VOTE FOR
THE MAN THEY GOT BEATEN BY WITH
ALL THEIR HEARTS TONIGHT.
HOW COULD THEY GO FROM THAT
PERFORMANCE AND WISH EVIL ON
THIS CANDIDATE?
I'M ASKING YOU.
>> WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY
CAN.
I THINK I DISAGREE WITH MIKE.
MIKE'S ENTITLED TO HIS POSITION.
WE'VE GOT TO RESPECT THAT.
HE SAID IN THE LAST SEGMENT THAT
HE GRADED PRESIDENT BUSH WITH A
"C."
I DON'T THINK THAT WILL MAKE HIM
POPULAR WITH HIS FELLOW
REPUBLICANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE
NAMED BUSH.
THAT BEING SAID, WHAT THE
CLINTONS DID THIS LAST 48 HOURS,
24 HOURS IS WHAT BARACK OBAMA
NEEDED.
WE MUST NOT FORGET, PRIMARIES
OFTEN PRODUCE THIS OUTCOME.
AS A MATTER OF FACT THEY DO
EVERY TIME.
YOU HAVE A WINNER AND YOU HAVE A
SET OF LOSERS.
EIGHT YEARS AGO JOHN McCAIN HAD
TO SUCK IT UP AND GO TO THE
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AND SAY
NICE THINGS ABOUT GEORGE BUSH
AFTER THE BUSH CAMPAIGN HAD SAID
TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT HIM IN
SOUTH CAROLINA AND EVERYWHERE
ELSE.
THESE THINGS HAPPEN IN
PRIMARIES.
THIS ONE HERE WAS UNIQUE BECAUSE
YOU HAD A WOMAN, AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND ALL THIS
MONEY RAISED AND THEY RAN A LONG
CAMPAIGN.
THIS CONVENTION NOW GETS READY
FOR JOE BIDEN THIS EVENING.
HE WILL DELIVER WHAT WE HOPE
WILL BE AN INSPIRING SET OF
REMARKS.
AND THEN TOMORROW, THE BIG
DANCE.
WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.
THE SUPER BOWL.
THE CHAMPION OF THE PARTY WILL
DELIVER HIS REMARKS TOMORROW TO
HELP LAY WHERE WE GO.
THEN COME FRIDAY MORNING, CHRIS
AND KEITH, JOHN McCAIN WILL
SELECT HIS VP NOMINEE.
THE QUESTION FOR MY PARTY AT
THAT POINT IS HOW DO WE SUSTAIN
SOME OF THIS MOMENTUM?
BECAUSE A LOT OF ATTENTION WILL
SHIFT TO WHAT JOHN McCAIN AND
HIS VP NOMINEE WILL DO.
>> IT WILL BE A FAIR FIGHT.
I'M NOT SAYING THE CLINTONS
AREN'T DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO
UNITE THE PARTY.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE TWO STRONG
SPEECHES.
I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR
A COUPLE DAYS.
IN THE PRIVACY OF THE BALLOT
BOX, THAT'S WHAT I'M PREDICTING.
>> THANK YOU, HAROLD FORD, MIKE
MURPHY.
THOUSAND, A NEWS BULLETIN BASED
UPON THAT INTERVIEW FOR CNN, FOR
FOX TELEVISION, MIKE MURPHY, THE
REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST OF GREAT
RENOWN HAS GIVEN THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION A "C" FOR ITS
PERFORMANCE THE LAST EIGHT
YEARS.
LET'S GO DOWN TO FORMER DNC
CHAIRMAN DAVID WILHELM.
DAVID, LET ME ASK YOU, WHAT DID
YOU MAKE OF MIKE MURPHY'S
PRONOUNCEMENT, HIS DECLARATION
THAT THE PARTY THAT HE LOVES HAS
ACHIEVED A MEDIOCRITY OF SUCCESS
THE LAST EIGHT YEARS?
>> THAT IS SOME SERIOUS GRADE
INFLATION.
I MEAN, THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS
BEEN AN "F" IN JUST ABOUT EVERY
POSSIBLE AREA.
AND THE NOTION THAT THE CLINTONS
AND SENATOR CLINTON WOULD
SOMEHOW WANT TO VOTE FOR JOHN
McCAIN IS A BUNCH OF BUNK.
I MEAN, HER WHOLE MISSION AND
HER CAREER IS TO BRING HEALTH
CARE TO THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE IT.
JOHN McCAIN HAS NOTHING WHEN IT
COMES TO HEALTH CARE.
SHE TRANSFERRED THE MISSION OF
HER CAMPAIGN TO THE CANDIDACY OF
BARACK OBAMA.
THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE DEAL.
WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS
CONVENTION UNITED, FIRED UP AND
READY TO GO.
>> DAVID, WHAT IS THE JOB
DESCRIPTION OF JOE BIDEN TONIGHT
IN THE NEXT HOUR AS HE GETS UP
THERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE
MINUTES, WHAT IS IT?
GIVE ME A WORD FOR IT.
WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO DO?
>> WELL, I THINK A COUPLE OF
THINGS.
HE GETS TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
I THINK HE CAN SPEAK FROM THE
HEART ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT HE
SEES IN BARACK OBAMA THAT MAKES
HIM A COMPELLING CANDIDATE FOR
THE PRESIDENCY.
BUT I ALSO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR HIM TO RAISE THE STAKES OF
THIS ELECTION AND TO DRAW A
STARK CONTRAST IN THE AREAS OF
NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE BREAD
AND BUTTER ISSUES THAT ARE MOST
ON THE MINDS OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, THE STARK CONTRAST
BETWEEN BARACK OBAMA AND JOHN
McCAIN.
HE'LL DO THAT IN HIS SPEECH
TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAVID
WILHELM, FORMER DNC CHAIR.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>>> COMING UP, THE NOMINATION OF
JOE BIDEN FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
THEN BIDEN'S SPEECH.
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