PHILADELPHIA — The Democratic National Convention kicks off at Wells Fargo Center on Monday, promising a “United Together” theme even as leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee forced the party’s chairwoman to resign. Senator Bernie Sanders
of Vermont will get a prime-time spot to push his platform, and
Michelle Obama will lend a bit of White House glamour to the night.
The leaked emails threaten to undermine unity at the Democratic convention.
By John Whitesides
PHILADELPHIA
(Reuters) - The head of the Democratic Party resigned on Sunday amid a
furor over embarrassing leaked emails, hoping to head off a growing
rebellion by Bernie Sanders supporters on the eve of the convention to
nominate Hillary Clinton for the White House.
Lingering
bitterness from the heated primary campaign between Clinton and Sanders
erupted after more than 19,000 Democratic National Committee emails,
leaked on Friday, confirmed Sanders' frequent charge that the party
played favorites in the race.
In
a statement, DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said the best way
for the party to accomplish its goal of putting Clinton in the White
House was for her to step aside. Sanders had demanded earlier in the day
that Wasserman Schultz resign.
The
furor was a blow to a party keen on projecting stability in contrast to
the volatility of Republican candidate Donald Trump, who was formally
nominated at a raucous convention in Cleveland last week.
Donald Trump bounces into the lead
Donald Trump bounces into the lead
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(CNN)The bounce is back.
Donald
Trump comes out of his convention ahead of Hillary Clinton in the race
for the White House, topping her 44% to 39% in a four-way matchup
including Gary Johnson (9%) and Jill Stein (3%) and by three points in a
two-way head-to-head, 48% to 45%. That latter finding represents a
6-point convention bounce for Trump, which are traditionally measured in
two-way matchups.
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