Hillary Clinton to get star role at Obama’s convention

Hillary Clinton will be given a prime time TV slot for her speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, which is just a week away. She will also get a state by state roll call of her delegate supporters, who she claims had threatened to walk out of the 76,000 seat venue in protest if she didn’t get her moments in the spotlight.

Clinton has said the speech and roll call would be “a catharsis” for her supporters, who would know “that their legitimacy has been validated,” even though their candidate finished second.

If one second-hand, sorry, second-place Clinton wasn’t enough, she is likely to be introduced to the stage by daughter Chelsea, and husband Bill will make a speech at around the same time as the vice presidential nominee.

Here’s a completely objective and serious reminder of how we got to this point: