The White House is painting a simple contrast in Charlottte. Michelle Obama was raised on Chicago’s South Side in a one-bedroom apartment. Her father, Frasier Robinson, was a city pump operator. Her mother, Marian, was a secretary. She graduated from...
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First Lady Michelle Obama after speaking at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
Michelle Obama: `Who We Are’
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San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro gives the keynote address during day one of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.
Castro: `We Have to Invest In it’
Julian Castro, mayor of San Antonio, Texas, is the first Latino to keynote a Democratic National Convention. He spoke tonight at the opening of the party’s convention in Charlotte. “The unlikely journey that brought me here tonight began many miles...
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A cutout of President Barack Obama during day one of the Democratic National Convention.
Obama’s Ratings Upside Down
President Barack Obama arrives at his convention upside down. More voters held an unfavorable opinion of Obama than a favorable one going into the Democratic National Convention that opened in Charlotte, North Carolina, tonight. This includes his lowest ratings among...
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Jimmy Carter Offered a President Sharing `Your Dreams:’ It’s Obama
The party would not have him in person. But it would have him in video. Jimmy Carter, the Democrat elected president in 1976, is addressing the 2012 Democratic National Convention by video. “I said then that America needs a president...
Read more »Akin Urges Supporters to Show ‘Party Bosses’ Who’s Boss
Updated at 8:32 p.m. Missouri Republican Todd Akin is trying to cash in on former Florida Governor Charlie Crist’s speech tomorrow at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. The Republican Senate candidate, who is trying to oust freshman Democrat Claire...
Read more »Begala to Donors: ‘Give Until It Feels Good’
Democratic strategist Paul Begala climbed atop a table at a Charlotte restaurant tonight and addressed President Barack Obama’s super-donors this way: “I don’t want you to give until it hurts. I want you to give until it feels good.” He...
Read more »Julian Castro: ‘America Makes Our Story Possible’ — Keynote Address
“My family’s story isn’t special,” Democratic National Convention keynote speaker Julian Castro plans to say tonight in Charlotte. “What’s special is the America that makes our story possible.” And Castro’s story is one the Democratic party seeks to highlight as...
Read more »Democratic Candidates for Congress Speaking at Convention Today
Democrats are showcasing some candidates for Congress tonight as their national convention begins in Charlotte, North Carolina. In most cases, the candidates are running in Democratic-friendly areas where an association with President Barack Obama or the national party isn’t a...
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First Lady Michelle Obama during a sound check at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.
Michelle Obama: Hispanic Vote-Play in Run-up to Convention Address
This is first lady Michelle Obama’s night on stage. This also is a convention at which Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio, Texas, will deliver the keynote address. So the Democratic Party is playing a political two-fer with a Web...
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A poster of President Barack Obama, reading 'Yes we can', endorsing a two-state solution based on the borders of 1967 as a peace solution between Israel and Palestine, during a peace demonstration in Tel Aviv.
Democrats Silent on Jerusalem — Romney: `Unfortunate’
The Democratic Party platform does not state that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, an omission that’s likely to inflame critics who say President Barack Obama has taken too weak a position towards a stalwart American ally. “President Obama and...
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