Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention – but Barack Obama‘s negotiations to placate his former nemesis appear to be far from over.
The candidate’s wife, Michelle, is scheduled to deliver the headlining speech on opening night, Aug. 25, in Denver.
But Obama gave the second night – celebrating the 88th anniversary of US women’s suffrage – to Clinton.
The keynote speaker for the third evening will be the as-yet-unnamed vice-presidential candidate.
Obama will accept his party’s nomination on the fourth evening.
Obama’s national campaign co-chair, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), told “Fox News Sunday” that ex-President Bill Clinton would also deliver a speech Wednesday, prior to the keynote.
What has yet to be resolved is whether there will be a roll-call delegate vote – something that Hillary Clinton has heavily hinted she’s seeking.
Asked about Bill Clinton’s lack of enthusiasm in supporting Obama, Durbin said the ex-president was simply not over his wife’s primary loss.
“I think Bill is hurting,” he said.
Obama, vacationing this week in Hawaii, will release his third book after the convention, his publisher said yesterday.
“Change we can believe in” will detail his policy platform and include the text of his race-relations speech, among others.