TIME.com: Democratic National Convention: Opening Night

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CHRISTOPHER MORRIS / VII FOR TIME

Opening Night
With soaring rhetoric and good humor, Bill Clinton and the Democrats begin their convention

On the first night of the Democratic National Convention the delegates were all about accentuating the positive. Most delegates remain angry with President Bush, and 90 percent of them oppose the Iraq war. But last night's stars didn't focus on that; Al Gore, Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton spent most of their time promoting their candidate, John Kerry

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