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President Barack Obama t-shirts at CarolinaFest 2012 ahead of the Democratic National Convention.
Democrats are running a negative campaign against Republican Mitt Romney, and you can tell it from their party’s platform. The draft statement of Democratic values ready for approval at the party’s convention in Charlotte mentions the Republican challenger 22 times....
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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.
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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Passengers catch a ride on the LYNX light rail subway system in Charlotte.
In the first installment of the great train vs van race to uptown Charlotte, the van won. But it was close, and Charlotte’s light-rail line offers visiting Washingtonians more varied scenery, a comfortable seat and a taste of home. The...
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Rep. Larry Kissell
The National Republican Congressional Committee has a message for Democratic National Convention-skipper Larry Kissell: We’ll pick you up. The House Republican campaign group’s latest attempt to call attention to the two-term Democratic lawmaker’s decision not to attend his party’s convention...
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People cover themselves from the heavy rain at the Carolina Fest street fair, on the eve of the Democratic National Convention on September 3, 2012.
Democratic convention planners are looking at moving President Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech on Thursday to the covered Time Warner arena in case of severe weather. Democratic Party officials said this morning that the plan is to keep the speech...
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Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Barack Obama, during an interview in San Francisco.
Valerie Jarrett, President Barack Obama’s senior adviser, flies in the front of Air Force One with him and dines with him on vacation and at the White House residence. Yet, as she assessed the president’s first term today, she expressed...
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Sam Ruffin of Brooklyn, New York, during CarolinaFest 2012 ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.
Aides to President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign said today that his speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte will be “aspirational” and “pragmatic” — and it will contain detail. Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter and other campaign aides spoke at...
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President Barack Obama embraces former President Bill Clinton during a campaign event in New York on June 4, 2012.
Bill Clinton will steal some of the show in Charlotte this week. And, while the relationship between the former Democratic president and President Barack Obama has been something of an arms-length association, Clinton already is appearing in campaign TV ads...
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President Barack Obama speaks to troops at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 31, 2012.
There was no talk of the war in Afghanistan in Republican Mitt Romney’s speech accepting his party’s presidential nomination. There will be plenty of talk about war, and peace, in Charlotte this week. ”You’re going to hear about it from...
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Teleprompter displays a line for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi at the Democratic National Convention.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California, whom Republicans continue to make the unfavorable symbol of a Democratic Congress, is not shying away from the spotlight in Charlotte. The former House speaker has a full schedule of activities, both public...
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