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There’s an ‘Elephant in the Room’ at Democratic Convention

You’ve already heard that on Wednesday that after taking severe criticism about removing any reference to God in the party platform, Democrats scurried to reinsert language so they wouldn’t have to defend the issue during the campaign. However, they may have drawn more attention to the issue by the way it was handled.

But what about the boo’s that resonated from the delegates? Where they actually booing God or just mad about having to give in to criticism from the right?

Check out this video clip.

Using a popular, non-partisan slogan that means there is a huge issue looming that no one […]

September 6th, 2012|My Blog Post|

Prayers for Rain May Have Been Answered as Obama’s Acceptance Speech Moves Indoors

The DNC is reportedly moving President Obama’s Thursday night acceptance speech from the Bank of American stadium to the smaller, more intimate, Time Warner Arena where Tuesday and Wednesday’s speeches will be held. Reporters joked in the media room on Monday that the DNC was “praying” for rain so he would be speaking to a partially empty stadium.

Another reason for the move is DNC operatives were driving as far as Atlanta to recruit people to show up for the Thursday night event in hopes of filling the huge football stadium. They also planned on busing members of several black churches […]

September 4th, 2012|My Blog Post|

Democratic National Convention Officially Convenes

The 2012 Democratic National Convention is now underway in Charlotte, N.C. and delegates appear ready to hear from a number of senior elected officials and party leaders prior to President Obama accepting his party’s nomination for a second term.

I began the day by attending an event sponsored by the Mecklenburg County Republican Party where Congressman Tim Scott from South Carolina and Georgia Commissioner Ashley Bell formally introduced the Black Leadership Council – an effort to increase black support for Mitt Romney.

It was interesting to note that Commissioner Bell’s wife was an Obama delegate at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in […]

September 4th, 2012|My Blog Post|

People You Meet and Questions You Ask at Political Conventions

Part of the experience of a political convention is encountering all types of people in the hallways and on the city sidewalks. Some of the best talking heads the Democrats have are in town this week and on-message with daily talking points on why President Obama deserves a second term. But I think its the rank and file delegates who provide the more insightful conversation.

After a long day of reporting at the Charlotte Convention Center, I stopped off at a restaurant a few blocks down the street to grab a bite to eat and wait on the rain to lighten […]

September 3rd, 2012|My Blog Post|

Labor Day at the DNC; Wasserman-Schultz Addresses Faith Council

Most of the Delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte have arrived and are wandering around downtown Charlotte in an effort to acclimate themselves to the events of the next three days.

Although it’s Labor Day in at the DNC, you won’t see a big union presence because North Carolina is a right-to-work state and the AFL-CIO reminds the Democrats of that fact every chance they get. A handful of big labor bosses will be in town but they won’t be spending big labor bucks on the convention.

The highlight of the day is the Carolina Fest being headlined by James […]

September 3rd, 2012|My Blog Post|

Heading to the DNC in Charlotte

As I write this post I’m sitting in the Nashville airport on my way to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. Only as a child would I have thought I would find myself attending a gather such as this since my parents were involved in Democratic Party politics during my formative years. Many of my friends and their parents found themselves in the same situation, especially if they grew up south of the Mason-Dixon line.

But I am not covering the event from a partisan perspective; instead, I will be covering it as a journalist.

Besides my parent’s political involvement, […]

September 2nd, 2012|My Blog Post|
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