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| With the sound of popping balloons still fresh in her ears, Hillary Clinton hit the road on Friday for a bus tour of America’s rustbelt, marking the start of a battle for the soul of the nation, that threatens to be every bit as historic as becoming the Democratic party’s first female nominee. | With the sound of popping balloons still fresh in her ears, Hillary Clinton hit the road on Friday for a bus tour of America’s rustbelt, marking the start of a battle for the soul of the nation, that threatens to be every bit as historic as becoming the Democratic party’s first female nominee. |
| It was, said Clinton in her acceptance speech the night before, a “moment of reckoning” for the country and the real battle lay not in the convention centre in Philadelphia, but on the backroads of western Pennsylvania and Ohio where Donald Trump wishes to pull off a stunning upset. | It was, said Clinton in her acceptance speech the night before, a “moment of reckoning” for the country and the real battle lay not in the convention centre in Philadelphia, but on the backroads of western Pennsylvania and Ohio where Donald Trump wishes to pull off a stunning upset. |
| With barely a hundred days to go before Americans go to the polls, she warned that “powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart, bonds of trust and respect are fraying”. She sets out on the campaign trail seeking to stitch back together the Democratic party’s reputation for standing up for the country’s working class. | With barely a hundred days to go before Americans go to the polls, she warned that “powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart, bonds of trust and respect are fraying”. She sets out on the campaign trail seeking to stitch back together the Democratic party’s reputation for standing up for the country’s working class. |
| Trump, whose own convention in Cleveland last week pushed him ahead in the polls, said the Democratic party’s attempt to reverse that with its four-day convention left him wanting to “hit a couple of those speakers so hard … their heads would spin”. | Trump, whose own convention in Cleveland last week pushed him ahead in the polls, said the Democratic party’s attempt to reverse that with its four-day convention left him wanting to “hit a couple of those speakers so hard … their heads would spin”. |
| The mood was very different in Philadelphia, where still glowing from Clinton’s historic ascent on Thursday night, thousands of people who came to see the Democratic ticket at a gymnasium at Temple University’s McGonigle Hall roared with excitement when the candidate walked onto the stage with running mate Tim Kaine. | |
| “I was tired after last night, but I’m awake now,” Kaine said taking the stage to thunderous applause. | |
| Before she walked on stage, the audience, several who sported freshly minted Clinton-Kaine buttons, reprised the chant: “Madame president.” | |
| Often criticized for her wooden delivery, Clinton seemed buoyed by her positively received performance on Thursday night. “I’m not telling you that everything is just peachy keen,” the nominee told the rally, “I’m telling you we’ve made progress but we’ve got work to do.” | Often criticized for her wooden delivery, Clinton seemed buoyed by her positively received performance on Thursday night. “I’m not telling you that everything is just peachy keen,” the nominee told the rally, “I’m telling you we’ve made progress but we’ve got work to do.” |
| “Oh we’re feeling wonderful!” said Linda Pauline, who came to Temple University with her sisters, Rose Lee and Linda. The three gathered at Rose Lee’s house in Philadelphia on Thursday night to watch Clinton accept the nomination. | “Oh we’re feeling wonderful!” said Linda Pauline, who came to Temple University with her sisters, Rose Lee and Linda. The three gathered at Rose Lee’s house in Philadelphia on Thursday night to watch Clinton accept the nomination. |
| “You know when it really hit me?” said Rose Lee Pauline. “When President Barack Obama said that no one has ever been more qualified to be president, not him, not Bill, not anyone,” Linda said. “I have been waiting a long time to hear that – since 2006 when Hillary was just thinking of running.” | “You know when it really hit me?” said Rose Lee Pauline. “When President Barack Obama said that no one has ever been more qualified to be president, not him, not Bill, not anyone,” Linda said. “I have been waiting a long time to hear that – since 2006 when Hillary was just thinking of running.” |
| She added: “Girls today don’t understand. They think that a woman can be president ... but I guess that’s thanks to my generation. We fought to make it so easy to them.” | She added: “Girls today don’t understand. They think that a woman can be president ... but I guess that’s thanks to my generation. We fought to make it so easy to them.” |
| After the rally in Philadelphia, Clinton and Kaine will take their economic vision to a factory in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, a farmer’s market in Harrisburg, and a high school in Youngstown. | After the rally in Philadelphia, Clinton and Kaine will take their economic vision to a factory in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, a farmer’s market in Harrisburg, and a high school in Youngstown. |
| On Thursday night, Clinton’s acceptance speech, when it finally came, had rhetorical punch despite a week of build-up, and almost a decade of rehearsal. “So it is with humility, determination and boundless confidence in America’s promise that I accept your nomination for president of the United States,” said the first American to stand on the brink of being called madame president. | On Thursday night, Clinton’s acceptance speech, when it finally came, had rhetorical punch despite a week of build-up, and almost a decade of rehearsal. “So it is with humility, determination and boundless confidence in America’s promise that I accept your nomination for president of the United States,” said the first American to stand on the brink of being called madame president. |
| But after the history, the speech needed to start building a position where she can demonstrate she understands the pain ordinary working families have felt with stagnant wages and falling living standards. | But after the history, the speech needed to start building a position where she can demonstrate she understands the pain ordinary working families have felt with stagnant wages and falling living standards. |
| She has offered an historic jobs program and investment in infrastructure in the first 100 days of her presidency. | She has offered an historic jobs program and investment in infrastructure in the first 100 days of her presidency. |
| But she conceded: “Too many people haven’t had a pay raise since the crash,” adding: “Democrats, we are the party of working people but we haven’t done a good enough job showing that we get what you’re going through, and that we’re going to do something about it.” she said. | But she conceded: “Too many people haven’t had a pay raise since the crash,” adding: “Democrats, we are the party of working people but we haven’t done a good enough job showing that we get what you’re going through, and that we’re going to do something about it.” she said. |
| “There’s a lot to do,” acknowledged Clinton, a departure from the campaign’s recent insistence that Trump was exaggerating the pain felt by working families. She added: “Some of you are frustrated – even furious. And you know what? You’re right.” | “There’s a lot to do,” acknowledged Clinton, a departure from the campaign’s recent insistence that Trump was exaggerating the pain felt by working families. She added: “Some of you are frustrated – even furious. And you know what? You’re right.” |