Charlotte, North Carolina (ANTARA News/AFP) - Bill Clinton formally nominated Barack Obama as the Democratic Party`s presidential candidate Wednesday, saying he was cool on the outside but "burns for America" inside.

"I want Barack Obama to be the next president of the United States and I proudly nominate him to the standard bearer of the Democratic Party," Clinton said.

"I want a man who believes with no doubt that we can build a new American Dream economy," Clinton said in a prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.

"After last night, I want a man who had the good sense to marry Michelle Obama," Clinton joked, drawing cheers and smiles from the First Lady watching from a box the night after her own rousing convention speech.(*)

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