Former President Bill Clinton, whose Democratic Party today hardly resembles the one he led to consecutive terms in the White House in the 1990s, was to be the among the biggest names gracing the stage Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
"In 2024, we have a clear choice: 'we the people' versus 'me, myself, and I,'" Clinton was expected to say as excerpts of his speech released earlier in the day by the Democratic National Convention Committee testified.
Clinton, 78, the same age as Republican nominee Donald Trump, will be making his 12th appearance at the party's national convention; his first was as the 33-year-old governor of Arkansas at the 1980 convention in New York.
"Not a day goes by that I'm not grateful for the chance the American people gave me to be one of the 45 people who have held the job," Clinton was expected to say. "Even on the bad days, you can still make something good happen.
"Kamala Harris is the only candidate in this race with the vision, the experience, the temperament, the will, and yes — the sheer joy — to do that on good and bad days. To be our voice."