Politics / Bill Clinton Report: Bill Will Speak at Convention By John Johnson, Newser Staff Posted Aug 7, 2008 7:45 PM CDT Copied Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton reacts to the crowd as her husband, former President Bill Clinton, listens during a rally in Sioux Falls, S.D., in June. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Bill Clinton has accepted an offer from the Barack Obama campaign to speak at the Democratic convention, MSNBC reports. Clinton reportedly will speak in a prime spot—on Wednesday evening just ahead of the vice-presidential candidate. The Obama camp rushed the offer into place to soothe tensions over the latest Obama-Clinton dust-up, in which Hillary suggested she may allow her name to be put up for nomination at the convention, MSNBC says. (More Bill Clinton stories.) Report an error