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Obama Believes Clinton 'Ready' to Be Next US President

© AP Photo / Evan VucciFormer Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets President Barack Obama after he delivered his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets President Barack Obama after he delivered his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. - Sputnik International
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US President Barack Obama has endorsed the Democratic Party's nomination of Hillary Clinton, who is running for president.

Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the U.S. Conference of Mayors 84th Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana United States - Sputnik International
Hillary Clinton Officially Accepts Democratic Party Nomination for President
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — US President Barack Obama supports his party's choice for the presidential post and said Friday she was "ready" to be the next leader of the United States.

"Great speech. She's tested. She's ready. She never quits. That's why Hillary should be our next @POTUS," Obama tweeted.

Clinton was nominated as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate earlier in the week.

She officially accepted the nomination on Thursday and will face Republican nominee Donald Trump in the national presidential elections on November 8.

While many have voiced reservations about both candidates, convention keeps many voters from selecting 'third party' candidates such as former Republican Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson, who is running on the Libertarian Party ticket. Americans often don't so much love one candidate as much as they detest the other, and pick the "lesser of two evils" for fear of "throwing away" their votes.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton addresses the Democratic National Convention via a live video feed from New York during the second night at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, July 26, 2016. - Sputnik International
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Johnson, a self-described fiscal conservative and social liberal who doesn't share Trump's stated antipathy towards Mexicans and other minorities, is nevertheless polling at 12 percent. 

Also running is Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who has attracted would-be Bernie Sanders voters who categorically reject Clinton for her dubious campaign tactics, acceptance of campaign funding from Wall Street, hawkish attitude towards military conflicts in the Middle East, and questionable stance on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a secretive trade deal.

Both the individual liberty-oriented, anti-war Libertarians and the socialist-leaning, environmentalist anti-war Greens hope to capitalize on widespread animosity towards both Clinton and Trump.

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