Hillary Clinton and
John Kerry political cartoon.
Sen. John Kerry’s campaign has caved in to the
real power in the Democrat Party, Hillary Clinton,
and offered a speaking slot to the other Senator.
Kerry asked Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday to address the Democratic
National Convention on its opening night and introduce her husband, former
President Clinton, ending an intense lobbying campaign by the New York
senator's backers angered by her non-speaking role.
On Wednesday, the former chairwoman of the New York State Democratic Party
had called the slight of Clinton a "total outrage" and "very stupid."
Kerry's campaign responded to Judith Hope's criticism by saying it had no
plans for giving the senator a speaking role, because she didn't request
one.
Other speakers
have reported that the way in which their speaking assignments were handled
was poorly done.