Bob_Tarlau's Blog

DENVER – So it's Day 3 here... and tonight at 7P Denver time all eyes at the Democratic convention will be on Bill Clinton, as the former president and one-time darling of the party seeks to put aside months of hard feelings by backing Barack Obama. His speech will really be one to watch... as he's been a thorn in Barack Obama's hide for months and it seems to me he's still a bitter man, angrier than his wife that Obama arrived on the scene to seize the nomination Bill Clinton thought was hers.

So Bill Clinton's ill-tempered feud with the Obama campaign has stopped him from offering a full-throated endorsement of the new party standard bearer. It will be painful him no doubt, but party etiquette says he has to deliver and I think there's no doubt he will.

Act two of the Clinton melodrama at the convention will come a day after Obama's former primary rival Hillary Clinton stirred a rapturous reception and ordered her army of millions of supporters to back the party ticket.

Delegates will also create a piece of history, by going through a formal roll-call to enshrine the Illinois senator, 47, as the party's White House candidate, making him the first ever black presidential nominee.

Obama 's vice presidential nominee Joseph Biden meanwhile is set to deliver his keynote speech, likely to hammer the convention's Wednesday theme of national security, and to highlight his tragedy-scarred life story.

One more thing about Bill Clinton, there is some chatter around here that he won't be attending Obama's acceptance speech, due to be delivered before more than 70,000 supporters in the open air Invesco Field football stadium tomorrow night.

If there are no camera cutaways of a smiling, clapping former President Clinton that could be considered a snub.

So lots still to watch for... as this convention reaches its mid-point.