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Vice President Joe Biden and Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Democratic Mayors Rue Prospect of Romney Administration
After already slashing municipal budgets because of the recession and cuts in state funding, Democratic city mayors don’t hide their concerns that a White House occupied by Republican Mitt Romney would tighten their funding even more and imperil critical services. “If you...
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Delegates join hands while praying during day two of the DNC.
Platform Chief Strickland Explains God, Jerusalem Omissions
Leaving God out of the Democratic Party platform was unintentional, and language calling for Jerusalem to remain the capital of Israel wasn’t initially included because that’s not official U.S. State Department policy, former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland said today. Strickland, chairman of...
Read more »Clinton: `Trickle Down’ Didn’t Work Then, Won’t Work Now
Former President Bill Clinton speaks tonight, on the second night of the Democratic National Convention, and he will present “a clear difference” in the economic visions of Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, campaign manager Jim Messina said today. Clinton...
Read more »Obama Camp Near Word on Stadium
President Barack Obama’s campaign will make a decision within the next few hours about whether to move the president’s convention speech from outdoors at Bank of America stadium in Charlotte, to inside at the Time Warner arena, campaign manager Jim...
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People line up to receive credentials for President Barak Obama's acceptance speech during Charlotte's Democratic Convention at a campaign field office in Raleigh, N.C.
Obama’s 73,778-Seat BoA Stadium – `If We Build it, They Will Come’
They may be watching the weather, but they say they’re not worried about the crowd. If President Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech is delivered outdoors on Thursday, there’s no concern about having a full house at Bank of America stadium,...
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Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley speaks to reporters on the North Lawn of the White House.
O’Malley Shrugs Off Talk of 2016
The good news for Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley is that he came in second in a Bloomberg survey of Democratic delegates in swing states about who they think would be their best candidate for president in 2016 — when, they...
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Protesters march through Uptown, the Charlotte business district, before the start of the Democratic National Convention.
Priebus: Hope and Disappointment
The Republican National Committee started an “Obama Isn’t Working” rapid-response center in Charlotte today as a counterpoint to the Democratic National Convention with a Web site and daily press conference “highlighting how America is not better off under President Obama.”...
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AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Lee A. Saunders speaks in Albany, N.Y., in this file photo.
Eastwood `Nothing to Say’ This Time — Union Leader Says in Charlotte
Lee Saunders channeled Clint Eastwood this morning to fire up the Ohio delegation at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, brought an empty chair on stage with him...
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Supporters wait for President Barack Obama to speak at a campaign event at Capital University, on Aug. 21, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio.
Ohio: Obama’s First Defense — Party to `Literally Take People to the Polls’
While President Barack Obama can lose the battleground state of Ohio and still win the presidency, Republican challenger Mitt Romney will not be president unless he carries the Buckeye State, former Governor Ted Strickland says. Obama can lose Ohio and...
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"March On Wall Street South" demonstrators march in Charlotte, North Carolina ahead of the Democratic National Convention, on September 2, 2012.
Occupy Charlotte: Miniature Protest in the Heart of a Banking Giant
There’s not much happening here: A limited throng of protesters joined many more delegates converging on Charlotte today for the Democratic National Convention, as the city barricaded “Uptown Charlotte” streets for a march that attracted fewer people than organizers hoped...
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