Bill Clinton and Barack Obama: a bromance long and slow in the making

Obama’s choice of Clinton to formally put his name to nomination with one of the most prominent speeches of the week gives the former president both a chance to remind people of the boom over which he presided and for Obama to bask in the glow of an elder statesman associated with good times and a favourability rating far superior to his own. In 2008, Clinton’s convention contribution was about party reconciliation; this time, it’s about bestowing credibility on a president who has yet to deliver.

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