This will be a huge disappointment to the tens of thousands who won the public ticket lottery, including several of my friends. Democratic Convention officials said today that Obama’s Thursday night acceptance speech is moving from Bank of America Stadium to the Time Warner Cable Arena because of weather concerns. “We have been monitoring weather forecasts closely and several reports …
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Daniel O’Donnell, DNC Delegate
NY Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell is also a DNC delegate. O’Donnell was the primary Assembly sponsor of the marriage equality bill all three times it passed.
Read More »Young Journalists At The DNC
I met these aspiring journalists yesterday when they covered the first LGBT Caucus. They are twelve and fourteen years old. There’s our hope for the future, right there in their faces and minds.
Read More »Jared Polis: I’m Jewish, Gay, And A Father
FRC On DNC’s Media
McClusky is the vice president of the FRC.
Read More »Meow For Michelle
On the streets around the convention center and arena, you can find some rather unusual DNC swag for sale. This cat collar, however, is part of the official Obama/Biden merchandise line.
Read More »Quote Of The Day – Richard Socarides
“Last night in Charlotte, the Democratic Party made history as the first national party to offer a platform endorsing marriage equality for all Americans. The move followed, of course, President Obama’s personal endorsement of same-sex marriage in May. Both were important moments for me, here as a delegate for New York, and many others at the convention who have fought …
Read More »Morning View: Charlotte B-Cycle
Charlotte’s shared bike program is called B-cycle. It’s the same company used by more than a dozen other cities. I didn’t see any of them in use, probably because so many of the streets are closed for the convention. Love the handy baskets.
Read More »Michelle Obama’s Speech Earns Raves
Andrew Sullivan: Stunning, brilliant, moving, passionate and right. Flawless. That was a speech a presidential nominee would be proud to have given. The best speech of the conventions so far. There was an emotional arc and steel to this that was as suffused with patriotism as it was with love. Yes, I’m gushing. But gushing is what I feel. And …
Read More »Wisconsin LGBT Delegates At The DNC
The number of young people here is mind-blowing and humbling. These lads are here in Charlotte working for you. Know that.
Read More »HomoQuotable – Andrew Tobias
“The Democratic Party under the leadership of Barack Obama has dramatically improved the lives of millions of lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual Americans and at no cost to anyone else. In college, I thought I was the only guy in the world who liked other guys. Later I found there was someone else like me, our 26-year-old resident tutor. He …
Read More »Evening View – Unassigned Media Room
I’ve moved down from my previous perch above Fox News into the massive and charmingly titled “Unassigned Media Room” where reporters from outlets who didn’t fork out for luxury boxes are filing their stories. Brazil’s O Globo crew is sitting across from me. To my right is a VERY LOUD Japanese news team. Events from the main floor are being …
Read More »Cory Booker 2016
You and millions of others had the same thought after Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s fiery speech tonight.
Read More »The DNC Is Now Live On YouTube
I’ve moved this post up from earlier today.
Read More »CHARLOTTE: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz Officially Opens The 2012 DNC
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz just opened the Democratic National Convention. I’m sitting in the upper tier of the Time-Warner Arena, just above the ring of luxury boxes now being used by the broadcast and cable networks. Only about half of the delegates seem to be down on the floor so far and before the stage lit up the various states …
Read More »CHARLOTTE: Female Politicians Rock Opening LGBT Caucus Session At DNC
A quartet of prominent female politicians stole the show at today’s opening LGBT Caucus session at the DNC, where an overflow crowd of more than 400 delegates and press forced convention security to institute a one-in/one-out policy at the door. Speaking to the overcharged audience (among others) was White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen …
Read More »Afternoon View – Convention Parking
LGBT DNC Delegate Meghan Stabler
Meet Texas DNC delegate Meghan Stabler, who is here in Charlotte working on your behalf. More of these snapshots to come throughout the week.
Read More »Christians Pray For Evil DNC
A coalition of Charlotte churches has assigned each congregation a specific evil DNC state delegation to pray for this week. Believers from dozens of churches committed themselves to be “Jesus Revolutionaries.” The commitment consists of vowing to spend quality time with God every day in prayer and the Word, boldly confess Jesus as Lord and Savior, win the lost, be …
Read More »At Charlotte’s CarolinaFest
Today I spent a few hours wandering around CarolinaFest, where concert stages, Southern cooking, issue advocacy, and lots and lots of Obama/Biden swag abounded. I ran into the Daily Show crew doing street interviews, as were Fox News, the loathsome Americans For Prosperity, and Glenn Beck’s The Blaze, the last of whom I snippily turned down when they asked for …
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