News, notes, and gossip surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte
The DNC In The CLTSeptember 2012
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09/12/12The Big Year: A Look Back on 12 Months of Blogging About the 2012 Democratic National ConventionIn recognition of the completion of my ‘big year,’ I recap the last 12 months of DNC blogging by pulling out two notable blog posts from each month, and reflecting on what happened since. Posted at 03:57 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/08/12Photos from the Got Your 6 and Lifetime TV Event during the DNCRed carpet and concert photos of Eva Longoria and Flo Rida at this exclusive event at Amos’ Southend during the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Posted at 06:36 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/08/12The Great Immigration Tug-of-WarOh, they'll vote for Obama. But you'll have to excuse Charlotte's Latino community if it's less than fully in love with the Democratic Party. Posted at 11:38 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/07/12The (Non)Experience of 65,000My firsthand account of what it felt like to expect to attend the closing night of the Democratic National Convention, only to not have. Posted at 06:44 PM | Permalink | Comments: 3 |
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09/07/12The Big Clean-Up (PHOTOS)Uptown Charlotte begins to dig out of TV new sets, barricades and beach sand as the DNC slowly leaves town. Posted at 03:26 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/07/12Obama Fever (PHOTOS)The convention winds down and Charlotte prepares to get back to normalcy. Before all that could happen, the President had to drop in to say "Hello" Posted at 09:48 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/07/12Hey, Joe, Nice VerbiageBy Day Three of the DNC, a certain level of quality oratory had been reached. Posted at 01:26 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/06/12Day 2 of the DNC: Dancing Cops, Rapping Vendors, and the Google Lounge (VIDEO)Our pals at Charlotte Video Project captured Day 2 of the DNC in moving pictures Posted at 08:04 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/06/12Why It's Better to Walk: You Just Might Run Into Bill ClintonHow I wound up on stage at Belk Theater at 1 a.m. with Bill Clinton Posted at 06:28 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/06/12Bob Drogin Knew the Queen City As a Princess With BracesBob Drogin has had a terrific journalism career, mainly with the L.A. Times, and a unique perspective on Charlotte then compared to now. Posted at 06:12 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/06/12A Look Inside A Late-Night Delegate PartyCalifornia knows how to party but not so much about shrimp and grits Posted at 02:30 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/06/12The Miracle of BirthIn which the anti-abortion guy with sound system delivers an astounding piece of data. Posted at 02:23 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/06/12Trade and Tryon, 2:45 p.m., WednesdayThe sights and sounds at the heart of uptown Charlotte during the DNC Posted at 02:00 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
09/06/12The Clinton EffectThe long, crowded journey to see Bill Clinton speak at the convention. Posted at 12:32 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/06/12Watching the Speeches With the Kid Who Would be PresidentHanging with two Dems from New Hampshire at a DNC viewing party Posted at 12:30 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/06/12It’s Hard to Take DNC Protesters SeriouslyI hope the protesters don’t start to get testy, because they’ve been rather ineffective thus far. Posted at 11:45 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/06/12Presidential NostalgiaPictures from The American Presidential Experience as well as Former President Bill Clinton's address during the second night of the convention. Posted at 10:39 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
09/05/12Can We Have Traffic Cops Like This All the Time in Charlotte?A visiting traffic cop, on duty for the Democratic National Convention, is a dancing, whistle-blowing machine. Posted at 10:16 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/05/12To Todd Akin: Thanks, Dummy. Love, Janet.The League of Women Voters' Janet Brinkley explains how Tuesday's women-friendly speeches set the Dems apart. Posted at 08:23 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/05/12Stars ‘Got Your Back,’ Military VeteransEvent tonight features Eva Longoria, Flo Rida, and Democratic Party leaders. Posted at 06:37 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/05/125 Things I Never Expected to See in CharlotteIt's been a whirlwind five years. But there are still some things I didn't expect to see in my city for a long, long time—if ever—and yet, some of them have happened this week. Posted at 06:30 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/05/12Covering the Arrival of Air Force OneCrowding onto a platform at the ANG base off Billy Graham, waiting for Barack. Nothing to be done — until the speck appears in the sky. Posted at 05:37 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/05/12Pedaling (Uphill) Through the DNCFrom the pedicab driver's perspective, it's all suits, cops, and hills Posted at 04:54 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/05/12What's Up With The Blake Hotel?The DNC is Charlotte's time to shine, but one delegate hotel is rubbing visitors the wrong way. Here's what went down when I spent some time at the Blake Posted at 03:14 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/05/12On Deaf EarsCharlotte Mayor and west side native Anthony Foxx's address to the convention was a big deal to a lot of people. Just not these. Posted at 02:16 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/05/12What It Was Like Leaving the ArenaLeaving the arena after the speeches, Uptown Charlotte was alive Posted at 12:41 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/05/12Inside Facebook and Google at the DNCI attended events put on by the number one and two most-visited websites in the world. Posted at 12:27 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
09/05/12Behind the Scenes on the First Day of the DNC (VIDEO)Charlotte Video Project goes behind the scenes: the protests, the panels, the media Posted at 11:30 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/04/12What It Was Like in the ArenaA few impressions of Tuesday night in Time Warner Cable Arena during the DNC Posted at 11:53 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/04/12Women at the ConventionIt’s interesting that not only did I immediately recognize Sandra Fluke, but for a few seconds there I was thinking she was a celebrity. Posted at 11:05 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/04/12Sights In UptownAs the gavel dropped to open the convention the city continued to teem with excitement. Posted at 10:25 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/04/12Pedaling Health CareIt's probably the most bike-friendly endeavor at a bike-friendly (by necessity, but still) convention. But the real value comes when you stop pedaling Posted at 05:53 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
09/04/12What the World is Saying About CharlotteThe media have flocked to the Queen City for the DNC, and here are the early reviews. Posted at 12:24 PM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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09/04/12Kicking off Charlotte's Coming Out Party at CarolinaFest30,000 people, Chris Matthews, Karl Rove, and more at CarolinaFest in Charlotte before the DNC Posted at 11:30 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/04/12How the Sausage is MadeCocktails and coziness between journalists, lobbyists, and corporate sponsors at the DNC Posted at 10:56 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/04/12StartUp RockOn Kicks Off At the DNC with The RootsAlthough this was an invitation-only event, the buzz had been building for months because this was one of the first DNC-related parties to be announced. Posted at 02:39 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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09/03/12People And PoliticsConvention delegates, Charlotte residents and visitors flocked to Uptown Charlotte to kick off the DNC during Carolina Fest. Posted at 08:41 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/03/12Media At the DNC, Part II: The GardenThe PPL started as a vision of a new media hub for bloggers, video producers, content providers — you know, the hip kids. The DNC has arrived, and the founders are having to confront reality: It's precisely what they'd imagined. Posted at 07:48 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/03/12Will Betty White Upstage Clint Eastwood?An online petition has been started to try to get 90-year-old actress Betty White to speak at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night, before President Obama speaks. Posted at 06:12 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/03/12Media At the DNC, Part I: The StockyardThe traditional media at the DNC are assigned Convention Center workspaces with widely varying degrees of size and functionality — and it's as if the Internet never happened. Posted at 05:44 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
09/03/12Impressions of the March on Wall Street SouthIn which democracy works and CMPD Chief Rodney Monroe bumps fists with a protester Posted at 11:54 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/03/12Talking DNC Parties and Celebs In ‘Larry’s Look’On WCNC’s morning show, I talked about how you can celebrity-watch this week in Charlotte during the Democratic National Convention. Posted at 10:56 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/03/12I've Rented Out My House For The DNCOne Charlottean's by-the-minute perspective on the preparations behind renting out her house for the DNC Posted at 10:53 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/02/12March On Wall Street SouthMarch On Wall Street South protestors organized in advance of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Posted at 07:23 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/02/12The Delegate Parties: An Inside LookFrom cloggers and temporary tattoos to mid-century modern, event planners and venues are going all out for the 2012 delegates Posted at 06:41 PM | Permalink | Comments: 2 |
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09/01/12Saturday Morning Prep for DNCI took a walk around Uptown Charlotte the Saturday before the DNC, and this is what I saw Posted at 05:15 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/01/12Charlotte, Are We Ashamed?A new billboard on Brookshire Freeway/Highway 16 North reads: SHAME ON YOU FOR VOTING YES TO AMENDMENT ONE. Posted at 04:59 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/01/12Sí Se PuedeRallying Latino voters for Obama Posted at 04:30 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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