PHILADELPHIA — President Obama lavished praise on Hillary Clinton Wednesday night, telling Americans that if they want to continue the course he’s set for eight years, they should put her at the helm. “I’m ready to pass the baton,” Obama told the cheering crowd at the Democratic National Convention. “Time and again, you’ve picked me up. I hope, sometimes, I picked you up, too. Tonight, I ask you to do for Hillary Clinton what you did for me.”(nypost.com)…[+]