Former President Bill Clinton is set to play a central part in the Democratic convention, aides said, and will formally place President Obama’s name into nomination by delivering a prime-time speech designed to present a forceful economic argument for why Mr. Obama deserves to win a second term.
The prominent role of Mr. Clinton, which is scheduled to be announced on Monday, signals an effort by the Obama campaign to pull out all the stops to rally Democrats when they gather for their party’s national convention in Charlotte, N.C. An even more important audience will be the voters across the country who will see the address carried by television networks…
The decision to give Mr. Clinton a marquee speech on Sept. 5 at the convention means that Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will not speak until the final night, aides said, when he and Mr. Obama will appear together outdoors at Bank of America Stadium.
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