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VIEWER'S
GUIDE:
Tuesday's
roll
call
says it
all
By NANCY
BENAC
Associated
Press
PHILADELPHIA
- For
all of
the
hoopla
attached
to a
political
convention,
it all
comes
down to
this:
that
moment
when the
presumptive
nominee
becomes
the
nominee
outright.
On
Tuesday
night,
Hillary
Clinton
is to
become
the
first
woman
presidential
nominee
of a
major
party.
The
result
is
foreordained,
but the
roll
call of
the
states
will
nonetheless
be an
emotional
coda for
Bernie
Sanders
supporters
whose
passion
and
energy
took the
Vermont
senator
from
fringe
candidate
to
serious
contender.
Some
things
to watch
for at
the
Democratic
convention
on
Tuesday:
ROLL
CALL
All of
the
energy
and
angst of
the
hard-fought
primary
battle
between
Clinton
and
Sanders
will
culminate
in the
roll
call of
the
states.
Each
state
delegation
will get
a chance
to
announce
how its
delegates
are
voting.
Sanders
delegates
have
pushed
to have
their
votes
fully
tallied.
Sanders
has left
open the
possibility
that
Clinton
could
receive
the
nomination
by
acclamation
- or
unanimous
nomination
- at the
end of
the roll
call.
That may
not
satisfy
his
delegates.
Some are
ready to
boo or
even
walk out
if there
is a
unanimous
nomination.
In 2008,
Clinton
halted
the roll
call
midway
through
to call
for
then-Sen.
Barack
Obama's
approval
by
acclamation,
or
unanimous
vote.
---
FIRST
DUDE
The
spouse
of a
presidential
nominee
always
gets
some
love at
a party
convention.
And Bill
Clinton's
speech
Tuesday
night
will
pique
extra
interest
since he
hopes to
be the
first
first
man.
Bill
Clinton
also
carries
the
extra
title of
ex-president
and is a
beloved
figure
to party
faithful.
But the
former
president
carries
with him
the
baggage
of
numerous
scandals
and
investigations
from his
years in
the
White
House.
And
Clinton,
famously
protective
of his
wife,
can get
in
trouble
when he
gets
carried
away in
defending
her.
Watch
how he's
introduced:
Hillary
Clinton
has
joked
that
she's
still
working
on what
to call
her
husband
if she's
elected,
offering
"first
dude"
and
"first
mate" as
possibilities.
---
MOTHERS
OF THE
MOVEMENT
Hoopla
and
celebration
will
give way
to a
somber
moment
when the
convention
showcases
"mothers
of the
movement"
- women
whose
children
have
died in
gun
violence.
The
speakers
will
include
the
mothers
of Eric
Garner
and
Michael
Brown,
both
killed
by
police.
The
moment
will not
be
without
controversy:
Philadelphia's
police
union
complained
that
Clinton
was
showcasing
killings
by
police
without
giving
equal
time to
the
families
of
fallen
officers.
Clinton's
campaign
responded
that two
members
of law
enforcement
also are
on the
convention
schedule.
---
MANNERS,
MANNERS
Will
they
heed
their
leader?
Sanders'
supporters
are
bringing
a lot of
emotion
to the
convention
hall
with
them,
and
their
leader
is
having
trouble
containing
it.
Sanders
has sent
out text
messages
and
emails
asking
his
supporters
"as a
personal
courtesy"
to him
to "not
engage
in any
kind of
protest
on the
floor."
The
Vermont
senator
said in
an email
that the
movement's
credibility
"will be
damaged
by
booing,
turning
of
backs,
walking
out or
other
similar
displays."
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