BarackObama.com * C-Span * CBS * CNN
All times ET:
8:0 – 9:0: R.T. Rybak, Mayor of Minneapolis * Jared Polis * Stronger Together Video: Reproductive Choice * Maria Ciano * Nancy Keenan * Progress for People Video: American Veterans * Nate Davis * Tammy Duckworth * Lincoln Chafee * James E. Clyburn * Progress for People Video: Health Care * Stacey Lihn * Xavier Becerra
9:0 – 10:0: Ted Strickland * Kathleen Sebelius * Rahm Emanuel * Kal Penn * Craig Robinson and Maya Soetoro-ng * Stronger Together Video: Equal Pay * Lilly Ledbetter * Deval Patrick
10:0 – 11:0: Martin O’Malley * Joaquin Castro * Julián Castro * Michelle Obama Video and Remarks * Elaine Brye * Michelle Obama * Benediction – Jena Lee Nardella, Founder and Executive Director of Blood: Water Mission
Detailed schedule here
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Lots more videos in the comments in all tonight’s Charlotte posts
Fantastic!
Hey everybody, just got home and signed in. Wow, 1st
hey Alison, tied.
Hello smoothscotch!
Newman from Seinfeld, Beau Bridges, John Leguizamo, Tim Daly! Alfre Woodard, Tony Shaloub from Monk! We’ve got celebrities in the house!
Hi ut, settled in to watch. Should be good.
This is soooooooo much fun. This is sooooo exciting! This is sooooo real!!
chips u moving fast girl.
this woman is cute with her braces…lol
Teddy was awesome. He is so sorely missed. I think that there will be more videos coming of Willard lying and flip-flopping!!! Woo! Hoo!!! It’s gonna be freaking GREAT!!!! He’s gonna be toast!!!
I just watched it on the last thread. I almost cried. It was a moving tribute to Teddy. I am really enjoying this convention. Thanks Chips for posting the videos.
reposting:
so, for those of us who are at work, what are the quick synopses of Harry’s speech and the Kennedy-Romney video?
“Never in modern American history has a presidential candidate tried so hard to hide himself from the people he hopes to serve,” Reid said during his evening speech here at the Democratic National Convention. “When you look at the one tax return he has released, it’s obvious why. It’s obvious why there’s only been one. We learned that he pays a lower tax rate than middle class families. We learned he chose Swiss bank accounts and Cayman Islands tax shelters over American institutions. And we can only imagine what new secrets would be revealed if he showed the American people a dozen years of tax returns — like his father did.”
Damn!
Oh great — a new thread! We may need to change them quickly tonight. Thanks Chips!😛
LL,
Michelle’s speech is at 9:35, according to C-SPAN.
10:35
YEAH!
Thanks Chips! Will watch it when I get home.
You’ll love it LL!
Damn Chips, you’ve got the weapon on full automatic.
😆 I think I’m like everyone tonight Yardarm, so fired up I could detonate any moment.
And the wonderful thing: We don’t have to LIE to point out what a foul character Mitt is. His actions are proof enough.
So true LL, plain truth will bring him down.
sccccrrrrreeeeeeccccchhhhh! whew, I caught up with you over here. I’ll have to put on my running shoes to keep up.
I know what you mean cooke,om. Just watched Tami. I sure hope she wins in her district,we need her in the house.
Your rock so hard, Chips!!
YES take that party of akin!!
Check out this Nancy Keenan, Nadal President. Full throathed on what the DEM’s believe.
She was great!
she was fantastic wasn’t she!
Yep she was outstanding.. didn’t miss a step. Loving this tonight ~ all of it.
Fantastic speech!
TAMMY!!!!
DONATE DUCKWORTH!!!!!!!!!!
Tammi Duckworth, I’m losing it again. Geez!
Hang in there Yard guy.
Thank you.
She was freaking fantastic!!!!!!!!!!
Cheering!!!!!Go Tammy.
Whoooo Tammy, (good thing my son is not home right now as I am kinda loud).
We have the best women. It had to be said. I too have absolute respect for Tammy Duckworth.
Watching her walk away from the podium had me tearfull. Women rule!!!!
Joe in the audience!!
He looked like he was going to cry when Tammy got done and walked off the stage. He is such a caring person, jus tlike our President.
Love Tammy Duckworth!
I’m glad to hear and see Tammy Duckworthh unfiltered!!!
I’m so moved by her story.
i remember hearing that her opponent, Joe Walsh, was complaining that all she talks about is the military. Good for her!! She has the experience and knowledge to do so credibly.
AWESomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…
Didn’t know Chafffee supported PBO.
Yes, he supported him in ’08 as a Repub. He changed to independent shortly before he ran for Gov.
You can spell Hero as Tammy Duckworth. This is one powerful women.
She is a HERO! Didn’t know her full story before this, but it’s quite amazing!
who’s this speaking? okay not feeling the moderate thing,.. but thats okay, I get why we invite republicans in too.. inclusive, big tent.
We ARE the big tent party. For all their braying about Obama turning us into Europe, it’s the GOP that has adopted the character of an ideologically narrow European political party.
braying, I like it.
I feel it is important to make them welcome so they have somewhere to go. We need their votes too.
I see Lincoln Chafee… he’s growing on me😉
Governor Lincoln Chafee of RI – PBO supporter since 08 and independent
Can’t wait to see Craig and Maya!!
Democrats ROCK!
YES!!!!!!!
CNN Pundits are pretty good, I am fairly satisfied, thus far with their Coverage.
Except, Jon King, who interrupts every praise of the Democrat, with jealous contention.
A few Obama Bumper stickers here in Asheville, and one already went to Charlotte.
I am going Wed. Afternoon, should be good.
I heard Traffic is insane.
from what I’m reading, CNN doing way better than MSNBC and that’s sad if true!
what did CNN say about Teddy?
That Rachel, I don’t like how she is framing her dam ?
stuff like trying to say, they’re not TRYING, they’re SAYING.
Jovie, did you get tickets for the big speech?
No, I got my Dog with me. I probably will be arriving back in Florida by that time.
When David Gergen notices the excitement factor…things are really bad for the GOP.
Honestly I just don’t have a clue as to what on earth Chuck Todd was talking about when he said that Dems lack diversity in our Party. I have seen some of the most charismatic, good-looking, eloquent speaking people come on this stage tonight and we haven’t even gotten to most of the political heavy hitter yet.
THISSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!
Its chuckie, nuff said.
Keep talking, Repubs. Keep talking. Demean women. Go right ahead.
And to think Tammy, this brave heroine has to actually run against that nut teabutt deadbeat dad Walsh. He’s not fit to say her name.
Three nights of this excitement. Maybe I should up my heart meds.
Love Bette!
Shot out to Chips who’s keeping us current and special thanks for the videos. They talk to empty chairs, we talk about real issues, to real people.
oh my….should be shout out to chips, not shot out. She’s already killing herself keeping us up to date and informed.
😆 Thank you Cookemom, a shot-out sounds good to me!
I see lots of enthusiasm with the Delegates, Even CNN noticed.
I also love the “real” people who they are bringing out.
Unlike with Romney’s people, the DNC people are talking about how Obama’s POLICIES will/has/would affect their lives.
All Romney’s “real” people talked about were how “human” Romney was…nothing on how his policies (if he ever articulated them) would affect them.
Okay I am going to be crude. To the MEE-DEE-YA and the GOP Klowns who said that our illustrious Pres could not run on his record. That is exactly what speaker after speaker is showing tonight at the DNC–the accomplishments of our President’s record. So SUCK IT!!!!!! Crudeness concluded. 🙂
I’m finally seeing the ACA (aka Obamacare) being embraced by Democrats, and it feels good.
Thinking the same thing.
It does and you are right it is about time.
Stacy Lihn’s story… emotional
i LOVEEEEEEEEE THESE STORIESSSSSS….SO REALLL AND TRUE
It is all about ZOEY. This whole election.
Wears here for Zoey and familiy. You can feel the fear of Obamacare being repealed. We HAVE to re-elect PBO for Zoey!
Meant tears for Zoey.
yep.
Zoe crying right now is such a moving exclamation mark to her mom’s speech! I’m not sure anything can top tonight’s convention.
Big sister trying to comfort her was adorable.
It has been great so far. Ken Salazar and Tammy Duckworth were tops. Loved Cory Booker. He brought tears to my eyes. Kennedy’s tribute was awesome. Jimmy Cater continues to inspire. What a difference from last week.
Darn I missed Cory Booker. He must have been really early on. I started out watching on MSNBC and realized they were just going to talk over the speakers. Then I checked out C-Span and am there now so can see everything!
Here you go😉
yeah he was awesome! to borrow words from my grandson. I watched both simultaneously so that I could tune out whoever didn’t interest me. I still can’t believe Duval Patrick.
I’m in tears right now. The family from AZ with the little girl that needs a third heart surgery was the topic. It was a heart rendering speech and video. So glad they did that one. That is my number one reason for wanting PBO to get 4 more years. That is so Romney cannot repeal Obamacare.
Democrats are not wasting one minute on mindless crap. Every speaker and every video is about something important, something real.
Wow, that Zoe story was like an arrow straight to the heart. Next time I hear someone say Obama is not running on his record, I will have to backhand slap the taste out of their mouth.
The family with the child who was born with the serious heart defect and requiring multiple surgeries made the undeniable case for Obamacare, didn’t they? Repubs are so heartless and don’t consider or care about these type of families where it is literally a matter of life and death and total financial ruin.
Love Ted Strickland!
Strickland is rocking the house. Wow!
Gov. Strickland turned the house outttttttttttttttttt tonight!!!!
This is brilliant. The flow is like conducting a fine tuned orchestra!! POB and DNC are brilliant and we are just getting started.
Now Sec. Sebelius is hot on what “Change looks like.” I love our president and his entire team.
(((((((((((((( Thank you Chips)))))))))))))) HZ
What happened to speaker The Honorable Xavier Becerra, Democratic Caucus Vice Chair and Member of the US House of Representatives, California? Was supposed to have spoken before Ted Strickland. (http://www.demconvention.com/schedule-tues/)
Ted Strickland is knocking out of the park!
Spectacular!!!!!!!!!
I am glad Strickland is on our side. Wow!!!
COS, he was on FIRE!!!!!!
A barnburner! He really fired ’em up!
OBAMACARE. Say it again, Say it proud: OBAMACARE!
MSNBC playing catch-upn playing the clip from Stacy Llihn about helathcare, while Strickland is speaking live. Cheers in the background are for Strickland. Maybe they should have played it live instead of talking all over themselves.
Hilarious outsource the elves!
If Mitt were Santa Clause he’d fire the reindeers and outsource the elves… Strickland
Mitt’s money needs an economic passport! 😆 😆
DAMN! Ted Strickland is punching the shit out of Romney.
Yes, he are killing Romney.
“is”.
“DAMN! Ted Strickland is punching the shit out of Romney.”
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All of Mitt’s money can’t buy him enough toilet paper tonight, Chips. HZ
😆 You win the internet HZ!!!!
CNN doing a much better job than MSNBC for now. Strickland says he’s lying, none of that my good fellow stuff, He said, ‘You a Lie”
Uh, that would be “You’s a lie!” LOL!
I like C-Span cuz they show everything and I do not need it reinterpreted by pundits.
I got CSPAN on too. using both of my ears, one for the tv and one for the livestream. got all my fingers on 4 different blog sites, and my toes are curled in happy happy
thank you, going there now.
“If Mitt were Santa Claus, he would fire the reindeer and outsource the elves!”
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Ted Strickland, former Governor of Ohio
Go Ted go!
Barack Obama is an economic patriot. Mitt Romney is an outsourcing pioneer. Strickland
Damn Strickland, don’t hurt ’em!
Who knew he had it in him????
Man this speaker (Strickland?) is knocking everyone single ball out of the park!
Now, can we move the election up to next Tuesday?
Lanslide, here we come! 😀 😀 😀
Yeah Kathleen!
Kathleen Sebelius! One of the most underrated heroes of this administration.
This!
This! This!
Agree, she does her job quietly and has a big punch and always on the mark. I sure hope he is able to keep all of his cabinet in the next term. It’s been a tough go for all of them, but they came through for our President and the American people.
Republicans may see Romneycare as scarlet letter but we democrats see Obamacare as a badge of honor Kathleen Sebelius
Democrats would have done a lot better in the 2010 elections if they had embraced it.
YUP
I’m so glad Kathleen is picking up the “that’s what change looks like” theme as she describes each benefit of Obamacare
WOOT!!
“For Republicans Romneycare may be the Scarlett Letter, but for Democrats, Obamacare is a badge of honor!”
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Kathleen Sebelius
Rafalca Romney @RafalcaRomney
#AreYouBetterOff Mitt? The stock market has doubled in the last 3 years, so… Let’s have a look at your tax returns, shall we?
I totally retweeted that. HILARIOUS.
Yasssss! Upper cuts to Willard’s big jug head.
HHS Sebelius breaking down ObamaCare like a fraction!!! We’ll have health insurance as good as now Cong. Paul Ryan That’s What Change Loooks Like! Being a mother is no longer a liability; being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition. That’s what change looks like.
What’s missing from the RR plan for medicare is… medicare Kathleen Sebelius POW
Love Kathleen!
Okay is it just me, or this convention opening night so far even BETTER than that of the 2008 DNC convo?
Oh yes, so far it’s much more powerful!
True. It’s well organized, as well.
Full quote – ““If Mitt was Santa Clause, he would fire the reindeers and outsource the elves. Mitt has so little economic patriotism, that even his money needs a passport.
In Matthew 6:21, the scriptures teach us that where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. My friends, any man who aspires to be our President should keep both his treasure and his heart in the United States of America.”
— Ted Strickland, DNC
Oooo, I didn’t hear that second sentence. That’s priceless! Go Ted!
Rahm.. so handsome!
RAHM!!!!!!
RAHM!! Loved Ted Strickland… Obamabot all the way😉
SCROLLED TO BOTTOM FAST WITH EYES CLOSED!! Have it recording!!! Will start watching soon! Take care y’all!!!
Alright, I made it home. So it’s on like donkey kong…lol
We HAVE a once in a lifetime President – Rahm Emanuel
Rahm pointing out the ‘changes we believe in’ that have been implemented by PBO.
okay knowing about POTUS bringing the letters from folks to meetings.. that touches. He never forgets us. i knew that,.
I know my president was going to give the world a message. I think Willard has the biggest stomach and behind ache in his life tonight!!! Just saying.
I knew POB was going to give America something to talk about and it was not going to be an empty chair, Mitt.HZ
Tammy Duckworth trending on Twitter. Mostly great comments
https://twitter.com/#!/search/%22Tammy%20Duckworth%22
Rahm giving an excellent intimate view of POTUS.
What a wonderful night! I love being a Democrat!
Ok guys, I have a small complaint about this convention don’t throw rocks at me: But…I think they should have waited to show the family who was affected by obamacare at a later prime time hour so more would see it.
Not to worry, the video will be circulated all over the place by tomorrow. It’ll be shown by all the punditry shows. It’ll be seen by many on Twitter and FB and Utube.
I have a feeling that segment will be played and replayed and replayed….Youtube will have it I’m sure.
the video of all the speeches will be front and center in the local markets. The campaign is saving their best for the national audience so as not to waste FREE AIR time.
Don’t worry, that lady and her family will be discussed everywhere on the Today show, GMA and the local stations.
This convention was planned by some very smart people.
Last week’s hatefest was planned by bigots.
The smartest, POB. Ofcourse, the same team who has been there to listen to him all of these years. Remember my long comment about learning our part in the orchestra and choir, because the Conductor knows his score. Can you hear the sweet composition? I can. Sounds pitch perfect.
I love my president!!!!HZ
You know, listening to these speeches, what stands out for me, time and again, is the political risks President Obama took. The stimulus, the auto industry rescue, healthcare, Osama Bin Laden. Each of these could have gone horribly wrong, but he made the hard decisions, in the face of tremendous pushback, with no thought to his political future. Now that is true leadership.
thissssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!
Rahmnnn is on fire
Four more years!
Kal Penn thanking invisible man in the chair for affordable health insurance and double pell grants…and more
From Canada, YOU GUYS ARE ON FIRE TONIGHT!!! Very excited how the DNC is going so far. I’ve been in tears from the Teddy Kennedy tribute and what he fought so hard for to his wife’s video with wolf blitzer. Looking forward to Emanuels speech, and then of course the great lady Michelle, the most loving, caring woman. Go DEMS!!!
Kal Penn was fantastic!
Kal Penn is adorable. I love this guy. What a fantastic surrogate. Freaking awesome.
#sexyface taking off on twitter – tribute to Kal
Kal Penn…..YEAH!
New Charlotte post everyone:
https://theobamadiary.com/2012/09/04/charlotte-930-110/
Great message from Rahm! I love this guy. He is for the message of middle class honestly.
I just can’t believe how AWESOME every speaker has been, Kal Penn was awesome!!
Kal Penn is adorable ~ loved him.
Maya & Craig.. looking forward to them.
Lovely, all of them so beautiful in this family.
Now time for Michelle, Our beautiful FLOTUS.
The Siblings!
Maya and Craig!
Yah! Craig Robinson, FLOTUS big brother…….Maya Soetoro-Ng, Barack’s little sister. Ain’t America great! In ten to twenty years everyone will have a minority in their family and the GOP will have a hard time using those “dog whistles”….No human on the planet will hear them.
Lilly Ledbetter is burning up…..SHE IS ON FIIIIIIRRRRE! SHE IS FIRING UP THE CROWD!
Lily Ledbetter…….Oooooooooooooooooooo she went there……….
Lilly Ledbetter just kicked ass. lolol 23 cents may not seem like a lot to someone who has a Swiss bank account.
What a line!!!! Love her.
56 years old And i love Kumar!!, now maya and craig…… met Maya on Maui four years a
go and she is warmth, intelligence and just wonderful… i told her I know that her mother must have been amazing woman….. to have instilled in her children so so much….. it was five minutes….. and i believe we connected. Just like our President! Thank you Stanley Ann!!! And their Tutu and Grandpa. I am now sending $$$ to the DNC because this is the best convention ever….. PROUD to be a DEMOCRAT!