As the first battalion of speakers readied for the convention spotlight on Tuesday night, a group of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender delegates, politicians and activists mingled in a dark restaurant a few blocks away. The …
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Michelle Obama’s Fashion: On Message
Throughout Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, Democrats have framed the contest as a choice between a wealthy businessman who would fight for the 1%, and an incumbent president who cares about the middle class. At the …
About Last Night: Wow
The streets and hotel corridors of Charlotte are still vibrating this morning after Michelle Obama‘s remarkable effort, the Democratic Party’s remarkable opening convention night. There was just a quantum leap of energy from the …
A Different Kind of Hope: San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro Addresses the DNC
Stop me if this sounds familiar: a talented young Democratic politician, a Harvard Law grad raised by a single mother, said to be the future of his party, gets the keynote address at the Democratic convention. In 2004, this story …
Obama’s Stadium Speech Rained Out
Citing safety concerns, Democratic organizers announced Wednesday morning that President Obama’s nomination acceptance speech in Charlotte will be moved indoors from Bank of America Stadium to the Time Warner Cable Arena. The venue change, prompted by forecasts of thunderstorms, leaves some 40,000 Democrats who had planned to attend …
WATCH: TIME’s Delegate of the Day
Charlotte, N.C.
Today’s featured delegate at the Democratic National Convention is Brittany Duff, a 22-year-old Washington delegate who is concerned about LGBT rights and how young people like her can pay for school.
The First Lady Argues for a Second Term: Michelle Obama’s Convention Speech
On Tuesday night Michelle Obama bared her arms, held America’s hand and threw some elbows. In delivering one of the most impassioned convention speeches in recent memory, the vibrant First Lady framed President Obama’s …
What You Missed While Not Watching the First Night of the Democratic Convention
6 p.m. Democrats do it differently. Toss out the ties and pearls for union tees and floral prints. Trade the handclaps for fist pumps. Lose the house band and bring the noise. Not an hour into the first night of the Democratic …
Democratic National Convention 2012
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
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Anti-Abortion Democrats Argue for More Inclusion
Charlotte, N.C.
“Being pro-life in the Democratic Party can be a lonely place,” former Pennsylvania Representative Kathy Dahlkemper said on Tuesday. She and three fellow anti-abortion liberals were sitting on a Democrats …
WATCH: TIME’s Delegate of the Day
TIME’s video team is featuring a delegate (or two) each day at the Democratic National Convention. Today’s delegate is a woman from American Samoa, a retired Air Force veteran who came to Charlotte with her husband from their Pacific island home.
Charlie Crist Is Back – and Democrats Are Smart to Take Him In
It’s hard to believe now that the GOP ever allowed such a thing. In 2007, the host of a major climate-change summit was none other than Florida’s then governor — and then Republican — Charlie Crist. “If you go back to …
The Obama Campaign Claims Ownership of Truth
Honestly, the Obama campaign has a new message. “We’re going to have an honest conversation,” said campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt on Monday in Charlotte, N.C. Senior strategist Stephanie Cutter elaborated with a knock on …