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.
2012 Election
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 …
The Race Card
According to Mr. Drudge and Real Clear Politics, I’ve advised the President to play the race card on the Chris Matthews Sunday show. I didn’t, of course. The question to the panel was whether the President was going to have to address what appears to be a growing racial bitterness in the country. My response was that he should. That’s …
Are Americans Better Off Now than They Were Four Years Ago? Some Simple Advice for Team Obama
I don’t give much political advice, especially to the advisers who helped get a black guy with Hussein in his name elected President. But they really need to find an answer to this question: Are Americans better off than they were four years ago? On This Week, David Plouffe repeatedly dodged it before saying, “We’ve made a lot of …
Behind the Cover: Obama Makes His Way to the DNC
Latest Column: And Now The Democrats
In my print column this week, I argue that it’s time for the Democrats to abandon identity politics.
Romney Opens Up, but Not Completely
In Tampa on Thursday night, Mitt Romney delivered what was probably the best, most effective and most revealing speech of his life. But the bar for that achievement was low. And while Romney was smooth, warm and at times …