Democrats still in love with Obama; he asks them to love someone new
PHILADELPHIA — Christine Williams is spending the Democratic convention with her back turned mostly to the stage. She’s an usher guarding a nosebleed-section doorway. Yet she made sure to spin around and snap a picture of a once-in-a-lifetime moment Wednesday.
The young woman had never seen Barack Obama speak — she’s from his hometown, Chicago, but it took a work stint in Philadelphia to bring her within camera range of the president.
Some people wept as he entered, following a video that chronicled the highs and lows of his presidency: the health law, the Bin Laden raid, relations with Cuba, the economic turnaround, the Iran nuclear deal, and mass shootings that made him weep too.
Some grasped at signs with his name being handed out. One man screamed, ”Best president ever!”