John Nichols: Bill Clinton Forms Barack Obama's More Perfect Union

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http://www.thenation.com/blog/169774/bill-clinton-forms-barack-obamas-more-perfect-union

Charlotte—The last Democratic president of the United States took a rock star turn at his party’s national convention Wednesday night, leveraging his outsized reputation as a master of governing--and, more importantly, campaigning—to make the case for the reelection of the current Democratic president.

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No matter what the measure Americans make of Clinton, he has political capital. And he spent a good deal of that capital Wednesday to frame an argument for Barack Obama’s re-election.

That argument proposed a game change. No more apologies. No more nuance. Democrats, Clinton said, should laugh off the attacks they heard from Tampa last week and run proudly on a record that—if imperfect—remains far superior to that of their Republican challengers,

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Conventions are theatrical events. People applaud even for speeches that don’t merit much of a response. But Clinton’s nominating address was an epic performance, and it earned thunderous applause from a convention that loved him as much—perhaps a bit more—than the one that nominated him in 1992.

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1. Clinton's post Presidential status and Bush's are

polar opposites and show the real feelings of the American people. And their post Presidential activities are also in stark contrast. Clinton takes his activism into the international arena and Bush takes another drink.