Articles filed under Political Conventions
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Democrats nominate Biden for second term as VPSep 06, 2012 6:33 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democrats have nominated Joe Biden for a second term as vice president, rounding out the ticket headed by President Barack Obama. Biden was nominated b...
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Where’d the time go? Obama girls now young womenSep 06, 2012 6:20 pm - NEW YORK — Who are those tall, willowy young women with Barack and Michelle Obama — and where’d they hide little Sasha and Malia? Four years is a long time when it’s a h...
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Asking 2nd term, Obama says nation will recoverSep 06, 2012 6:00 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — His re-election in doubt, President Barack Obama conceded only halting progress Thursday night toward fixing the nation's stubborn economic woes, but v...
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Kerry speech a possible tryout for job at StateSep 06, 2012 5:52 pm - WASHINGTON — Sen. John Kerry dismissed Republican Mitt Romney as “out of touch at home, out of his depth abroad and out of the mainstream” in a Democratic National conve...
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Not heard in Charlotte: TARP, stimulus, climateSep 06, 2012 5:35 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — They are the missing pages of a convention story line, ideas and initiatives once prominently featured in President Barack Obama’s agenda. Climate chan...
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Democrats focus on middle class, but not poorSep 06, 2012 5:28 pm - WASHINGTON — “Middle Class First,” said the placards on display as Bill Clinton addressed the Democratic Convention. And indeed, speaker after speaker has invoked the pa...
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Obama uses MTV to draw young viewers to speechSep 06, 2012 5:20 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Barack Obama is turning to MTV to get young people to tune in for his speech at the Democratic Party’s national convention. Obama’s campaign ...
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Delegate diary: Basking in Obama’s fameSep 06, 2012 1:52 pm - Delegates’ days ran long at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., with keynote speeches going late into the night and Illinois breakfast meetings starti...
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Wisconsin’s Baldwin gets prime-time slot at conventionSep 06, 2012 11:14 am - MADISON, Wis. — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin gets a chance to raise her profile and make her case against Republican Tommy Thompson during a prime-time...
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Obama speech about job security — for him, for allSep 06, 2012 10:30 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — To a nation short on job security, President Barack Obama has his night to protect his own. Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thu...