Former President Bill Clinton is preparing to deliver his 12th address to the Democratic National Convention.
FILE - Former President Bill Clinton addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 5, 2012. in 1988, the young governor of Arkansas bored delegates so thoroughly that they cheered when he said, “in closing...” Many years later, as a former president whose legacy had made a comeback, Clinton aided Barack Obama 's reelection with a 2012 convention address that earned him a nickname as the “secretary of explaining stuff.
But the former president's influence may be waning, especially as he addresses a party that has moved to the left of his centrist politics on issues like crime and trade. That set the stage for Clinton's next two convention speeches, first as the party's nominee in 1992 where he proclaimed he still believed “in a place called Hope.” And in 1996, seeking reelection, he vowed to build “a bridge to the 21st century.”
In 2000, as Clinton came to the end of his second term as president, he ceded the spotlight to his vice president, Al Gore, who looked to distance himself from the scandal and Clinton’s impeachment. Gore highlighted his own marriage with a long on-stage kiss with Tipper Gore, emphasizing the contrast between the two men.
That comes as the party has moved away from the center-left politics embraced for most of his presidency by Clinton, who won over moderates with policies like his welfare overhaul and North American Free Trade Agreement, which Trump and others have argued sent thousands of jobs overseas.
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