The Democratic National Convention

[romantico]

Posted: 8/30/12 at 6:27pm

Enough of that GOP Freak show, The Democratic National Convention starts this Monday September 3rd.

http://www.demconvention.com/

[Playbilly]

Posted: 8/30/12 at 6:29pm

Testify, romantico!!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/30/12 at 6:30pm

I hope Chuck Norris is the guest speaker.

[romantico]

Posted: 8/30/12 at 6:38pm

I'm sure it was a joke,but I did hear someone mention Bruce Springsteen should perform Born in the USA on opening night.

Speakers:

Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin

Newark Mayor Cory Booker

Former President Jimmy Carter (via video)

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, who will be the first Latino keynote speaker at a Democratic National Convention

Former President Bill Clinton

Former Republican Governor of Florida Charlie Crist

Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Tammy Duckworth

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel

Georgetown Law School Graduate Sandra Fluke

Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx

Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm

California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper

Montana State Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau

Former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine

Lieutenant General Claudia Kennedy (ret.)

Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California

CarMax co-founder and former CEO Austin Ligon

President of NARAL Pro-Choice America Nancy Keenan

Caroline Kennedy

Women's rights activist Lilly Ledbetter

Obama Campaign Co-Chair Eva Longoria

U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter

U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, together with the women of the U.S. Senate

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick

President of Planned Parenthood Action Fund Cecile Richards

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak

Journalist Cristina Saralegui

Costco co-founder and former CEO Jim Sinegal

Former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland

Los Angeles Mayor, Democratic Convention Chair Antonio Villaraigosa

Senate candidate from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren

Congressman G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina

Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina Walter Dalton

The Honorable Arne Duncan

Former Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt

U.S. Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina

Former Governor of North Carolina Jim Hunt

The Honorable Karen Mills

Congressman David Price of North Carolina

The Honorable Ken Salazar

The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius

The Honorable Tom Vilsack

Congressman Mel Watt of North Carolina

Updated On: 8/30/12 at 06:38 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/30/12 at 6:40pm

Well Obama's response to Romney's latest "birther" comment was tweeting a youtube link to that song, so it's not that far fetched.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 8/30/12 at 6:49pm

Eva Longoria! See, Ann Romney, the DNC has a desperate housewife too!

[stagegirl2]

Posted: 8/31/12 at 7:58am

I love booker.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 8/31/12 at 9:28am

Chuck Norris is a big ole republican.

[javero]

Posted: 8/31/12 at 9:47am

I've sworn off political theater until after the general election.

I'll tune into bbw's play-by-play though.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 8/31/12 at 11:50am

Ugh, Caroline Kennedy is still the major face of the family. Sorry, I was not impressed with her public bidding for Hillary's seat nor her camp's complaints about Gillibrand who has become a fantastic Senator. Isn't a Kennedy running for Barney Frank's seat? I actually would be interested in seeing 'the next generation'.

Bubba's going to bring it home. It's not a question. It will just happen.

Booker is going to be good, and I hope he actually pulls no punches about Christie and New Jersey.

Interested about Mayor Castro. Not saying Texas is going to turn blue anytime soon but there are a lot of dynamic Democrats in that state with a growing latino population to make things interesting.

Glad Baldwin and Warren get speeches. They're good candidates that need bumps in their races.

Preparing for hateful tweets when Sandra Fluke speaks. May require a Silkwood shower.

Updated On: 8/31/12 at 11:50 AM

[Jon]

Posted: 8/31/12 at 3:48pm

Aww, Caroline Kennedy was my first childhood crush! I was 4 years old - she was 5 - and she always wore these beautiful dresses and fancy coats - she was like a princess! The little girls I knew from the neighborhood always seemed to have jelly stains on their faces and clothes!

[romantico]

Posted: 9/3/12 at 4:55pm

This could be interesting.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/03/bain-employees-to-speak-at-democrats-convention-officials-confirm/#ixzz25RPP71em

[romantico]

Posted: 9/3/12 at 9:28pm

This is funnier than Clint talking to a chair.

Harold and Kumar Go to the Democratic National Convention

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7O_ADbgQ8k&feature=player_embedded

[madbrian]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 9:02am

I can't say I watched much of the RNC, but the general consensus among pundits from both sides is that there were a lot of terrific speeches, but most of the good speeches occurred before the convention went on the major networks. The stuff they showed to most of the country (Christie, Eastwood, etc) was pretty awful. So, the bar has not been set very high for the Dems, but they do have the problem of competing with the opening game of the NFL season on Wednesday night, when Bill Clinton will be speaking.

[blueroses]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 3:13pm

Good lineup of speakers. I had so hoped that Hillary Rodham Clinton would be one of them, though.

[romantico]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 3:26pm

Hillary can't because she is Secretary of State.Sitting Cabinet members do not do campaigning events.Her position requires her to refrain from participating in partisan political events like conventions. She represents the United States of America not just the Democratic Party.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 3:30pm

I'm sure she'll send a text.

[blueroses]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 3:39pm

I wondered if that had something to do with it. Thanks, romantico.

Matt--love that!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 6:27pm

I'll tell ya one thing- The Democrats are certainly the party of optimism and the vision thing. The R's did nothing but grump for a week.

[Kad]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 6:43pm

You'd grump too if you were fighting against something only you could see.

[Playbilly]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 7:47pm

DNC convention looks like Ameica, RNC looked like who could vote in 1932.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 8:20pm

The Ted Kennedy tribute video was so beautiful.

[romantico]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 8:38pm

It was

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7GixLTWPY&feature=player_embedded

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 8:39pm

I wonder how long it will be before we have another Kennedy in the White House.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 9:01pm

2 hours into this convention there's already such am ENORMOUS difference in the tone between this and the Republitard convention. It's really wonderful to see and hear people being positive!