Former Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore is nowhere near Charlotte, North Carolina, as his party holds its national convention. The environmental activist is instead spending the week in New York City. Many prominent Democrats have skipped the DNC this year,
Political party platforms are usually filled with vague promises and general ideas. This year, the 2012 Democratic Party Platform offers support for a very specific constitutional amendment designed to strike down the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision and limit free
When times are tough, presidents try to implement new policies, seek input from trusted colleagues or simply use the bully pulpit to assuage the nation. In President Barack Obama’s case, tough times require drastic action. Call in the celebrities. This
Monday it was California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton comparing Paul Ryan to notorious Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels. Yesterday, a Kansas delegate — Pat Lehman, Dean of the Kansas delegation — compared Republicans to Hitler. Well, if it’s Wednesday and
Democrats’ 2012 party platform opposes “any and all efforts to weaken or undermine” abortion rights, which means the platform does not oppose taxpayer-funded late-term abortions opposed by most Americans. “The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and
Newark Mayor Cory Booker at the DNC Convention
If you slogged through last night’s media coverage of the DNC convention, about two hours in you witnessed an upcoming media-narrative set into concrete through an uncanny flurry of coordination instituted by Obama’s Media Palace Guards. Within minutes and across
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San Antonio, Texas Mayor Julian Castro gave the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte Tuesday. He said the American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. (Sept. 4)
First Lady Michelle Obama’s address to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte tonight was a throwback, a reprise of the speech her husband gave in at the DNC in 2004, the speech that created his new identity as a
The following is a transcript of a speech, as prepared for delivery, by Lilly Ledbetter, Women’s Equality Leader at the DNC on Tuesday, September 4, 2012. Good evening, I’m Lilly Ledbetter and I’m here tonight to say: What a difference
Senator Harry Reid at the DNC convention
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by House Women at the DNC on Tuesday, September 4, 2012. Good evening. I’m Nancy Pelosi, but my grandchildren call me Mimi. For me, politics is an extension of my role as a mother and
What began as a tribute to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy turned into an attack video on Mitt Romney featuring excerpts from the debate between the two Massachusetts politicians from nearly twenty years ago.
Occupy and anarchist protesters marched on the Democratic National Convention this afternoon in Charlotte, North Carolina. Protesters marched in support of Bradley Manning the American soldier who allegedly assisted Wikileaks publish thousands of secret military and government documents and information.
Democrats are looking to fast track a successor for Barack Obama for 2012 and are looking to San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro to do just that. They’re hoping to pattern Castro’s ascent into the upper echelon of the party after Obama’s, by
It was both fitting and proper that Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who leads the state with the worst bond rating in the nation, should have received a primetime speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention as the nation passed $16
Ten “undocumented activists” were arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina today as part of a civil disobedience action to protest the Obama administration’s stance on immigration policy. The action took place about 4pm EDT just blocks from the site of the
The Dude abides … on screen and off. Jeff Bridges, the versatile actor perhaps best known as The Dude in “The Big Lebowski,” got the chance to address the Clint Eastwood RNC speech this week. Bridges could have thrown the
Baaghhhh. If you take time to read the DNC platform and its take on Barack Obama’s record on foreign affairs, you wont need an emetic – you’ll just naturally throw up. The unbelievable brazen gall of the platform’s picture of
The Obama campaign, reeling from the unemployment numbers that simply will not go away, is trumpeting Obama’s “success” in the 2012 Democratic Party platform. The platform brags: “Since early 2010, the private sector has created 4.5 million jobs, and American
Faced with a teachers strike and an increasing number of shootings and deaths on Chicago’s streets, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has decided to cut short his stay at the Democratic National Convention. Emanuel was originally scheduled to fly to Charlotte
John Walsh, the Chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, apologized Monday for remarks he made disparaging Senator Scott Brown at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Speaking at a delegate breakfast, Walsh called Republican Senator Scott Brown an “honorary girl.” According
For those on the ground in Charlotte, it is becoming clear just what the Democratic National Convention 2012 is: the most astroturfed political event in recent memory. First, Breitbart News reported that the Democrats could be using trick photography to
