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Reacting to the chorus of praise for the convention speech delivered by Bill Clinton, Democrats hastily voted to change their party platform for a second time in less than a week, replacing the word God with the words Bill Clinton.

Moments after convention chairman Antonio Villaraigosa formally gaveled in the change, Democratic lawmakers burst into cheer - with some even pushing to name Hope, Ark., the birthplace of Mr. Clinton, as the capital of Israel.

Mr. Villaraigosa called the vote three times, allowing him and his fellow Democrats to linger a little longer in the afterglow of contentment Mr. Clintons convention performance had delivered.

And when Mr. Villaraigosa finally announced, the ays have it, boisterous chants of Bill, Bill, Bill erupted from the gathering of Democrats, who had convened in front of the Jefferson Memorial for the occasion, their numbers spilling across the south bank of the Tidal Basin and into downtown Washington, D.C.

A campaign official for President Barack Obama said the commander in chief had personally requested that the words Bill Clinton be put into the platform after Mr. Clintons rousing defense of Mr. Obama. Why didnt they change that sooner? the president said, according to the official, when he heard that Gods name had been removed to make room for Mr. Clintons.

Mr. Obama said he remains a devout Christian and that his faith is an integral part of his daily life, but that no one, not me, not God, could make a better case for my first term than Bill Clinton.

The change came as Democrats spent the days following Mr. Clintons convention speech fretting over whether they were missing a political opportunity by playing it safe and hitching their platform to God when going all in with Mr. Clinton was the smarter play for carrying Ohio in November.

The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, said in a statement that the change was made to maintain consistency with the personal views expressed by the president, the Democratic Party, and even God himself following Bill Clintons speech last week.

A senior administration official emphasized that the president had intervened to bring the platform in line with his own vision. The president expressed his view after the speech, and it hasnt changed, the official said. Last week proved that there is no one including any deity who has as much import in the daily lives of Democrats than Bill Clinton. And that plank of the platform has not changed since last week.

Robert Gibbs, an adviser to the Obama campaign, sought to downplay the notion that Democrats were forsaking their spiritual well-being simply for a bump in the polls by substituting the words Bill Clinton for God in the platform.

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Philip Maddocks: Democrats vote to replace the word ‘God’ with ‘Bill Clinton’