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           Bill Clinton Offers Formal Endorsement to Obama Presidency

   by VOA News

   Bill Clinton, America's 42nd president, takes center stage at the
   Democratic National Convention Wednesday night, when he will tell a
   national audience why he believes President Barack Obama should be
   reelected.
   Clinton, who left office after two terms nearly 12 years ago, is
   expected to direct his message to middle-class Americans.  His advisors
   say he will seek to persuade viewers that President Obama's economic
   policies offer the country its best chance to reverse the economic
   downturn that began six years ago with the housing sub-prime mortgage
   crisis.
   In a new television advertisement backing Obama, Clinton says "this
   election to me is about which candidate is more likely to return us to
   full employment.  This is a clear choice," he says.
   Revered in Democratic circles for his political savvy, Clinton is said
   to have warmly welcomed the invitation to place Obama's name in
   nomination - something no former president has done before.
   Analysts say the Clinton-Obama political divide of four years ago -
   triggered by a bitter primary fight between the future president and
   Bill Clinton's wife, Hillary - has largely healed since Obama's 2008
   win.  Since then, Hillary Clinton has served as the U.S. Secretary of
   State and garnered generally high marks for her performance.
   Clinton supporters are quick to point out that the former president
   presided in the 1990s over the last period of sustained U.S. economic
   growth.  As such, party leaders are hoping his formal endorsement
   Wednesday night will boost Obama's popularity during a sustained period
   of more than eight percent unemployment.
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