The reason is because of Kwame Kilpatrick. If she were to speak, it would highlight his problems (and bring focus to the fact that he is an Obama superdelegate).

I feared something like this would happen. Both of them not at the convention; both of them somewhat silenced on healthcare.

Article says when Obama was in Carolina two weeks ago he never mentioned her or John.

Somebody got a twofer. Who benefits??

So, he did get on the podium!

Wonder if he's there at the behest of those doing the tribute.

"Suppose you're a voter, and you've got candidate X and candidate Y," Bill Clinton said Tuesday at a Democratic event in Denver that featured his first public remarks since his wife Hillary Clinton was officially informed she would not be vice president.

"Candidate X agrees with you on everything, but you don't think that candidate can deliver on anything at all. Candidate Y you agree with on about half the issues, but he can deliver. Which candidate are you going to vote for?" he asked - adding, after a pause: "This has nothing to do with what's going on now."

Looks like Warner closes out 9-10 hour (EDT)--so won't be covered on broadcast TV, except for PBS.

America needs to hear what he just said.

What is most notable is that both Rendell and Strickland (two strong Clinton supporters) were bumped from the evening program -- they are speaking in the 4-5 and 5-6 (denver time) slots.  

And what's most interesting is that they were to me the "attack dogs" (big shock that the job of going negative on McCain was given to Clinton supporters)

Is the Obama campaign pulling a "Kerry" here -- one of the biggest criticism of the 2004 convention is that it made no effort to define Bush in Democratic terms (the GOP was not so generous toward Kerry at its convention.)  

Jeez, come on.