DNC Schedule for Thursday, September 6

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Thursday, September 6
Starting at 4:30 p.m.

Sen. Kay Hagan (North Carolina)
Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton (North Caolina)
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (North Caolina)
Rep. David Price (North Caolina)
Rep. Mel L. Watt (North Caolina)
James Rogers, CEO Duke Energy
Call to Order: Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa
Carol Berman
Rep. Donna F. Edwards (Maryland)
Rep. Barney Frank (Massachusetts)
Harvey Gantt, former Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina

6 p.m.

Rep. John Lewis (Georgia)
Jason Crow
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Florida)
Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa (Los Angeles, California)
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin)
Mayor Michael Nutter (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Zach Wahls

7 p.m.

Jim Messina (Campaign Manager, Obama for America)
Kenyetta Jones, Ryan Case, Ed Meagher, Martha Figueroa, Lucas Beenken, Rob Hach
Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa
Beau Biden
Rep. James E. Clyburn (South Carolina)
Scarlett Johansson and Kerry Washington

8 p.m.

Caroline Kennedy
Rep. Xavier Becerra (California)
Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm (Michigan)
Eva Longoria
Gov. Brian Schweitzer (Montana)
Former Gov. Charlie Crist, Jr. (Florida)
Sen. John Kerry (Massachusetts)

9 p.m.

Admiral John B. Nathman, U.S. Navy, Retired
Angie Flores
Dr. Jill Biden
Vice President Joe Biden

10 p.m.

Sen. Dick Durbin (Illinois)
President Barack Obama

DNC Schedule for Wednesday, September 5

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Wednesday, September 5

Starting at 5 p.m.
•Call to order: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
•Rep. Luis Gutierrez (Illinois)
•Rep. Diana DeGette (Colorado)
•John Perez, California State Assembly speaker
•Mayor Thomas Menino (Boston, Massachusetts)
•Rep. Judy Chu (California)
•Steve Westly, former California state controller
•Rep. John Larson (Connecticut)
•Ken Myers, deputy sheriff (Carroll County, Iowa)

6 p.m.
•Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO president
•Rep. Steve Israel (New York)
•Sen. Patty Murray (Washington)
•Rep. Pedro Pierluisi (Puerto Rico)
•Tom Steyer, Advanced Energy Economy co-founder
•Sen. Charles Schumer (New York)
•Rep. Karen Bass (California)
•Rep. Al Green (Texas)
•Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (Missouri)
•Gov. Dannel Malloy (Connecticut)

7 p.m.
•Denise Juneau, Montana Office of Public Instruction superintendent
•Rep. Nancy Pelosi (California)
•Tom Vilsack
•Sen. Barbara Mikulski (Maryland)
•Arne Duncan
•Johanny Adames
•Jim Hunt, former North Carolina governor
•Harvey Gantt, former mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina

8 p.m.
•Elizabeth Ann "Libby" Bruce
•Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood Federation of America president
•Rep. Steny Hoyer (Maryland)
•Rep. Barney Frank (Massachusetts)
•Ed Meagher
•Gen. Eric Shinseki
•Mayor Michael Nutter (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
•Gov. John Hickenlooper (Colorado)
•Simone Campbell, NETWORK executive director
•Gov. Jack Markell (Delaware)

9 p.m.
•Karen Mills
•Bull Butcher
•Kamala Harris, California attorney general
•Benita Veliz
•Cristina Saralegui
•Sandra Fluke
•Austin Ligon, Co-founder and retired CEO of CarMax
•Karen Eusanio
•Bob King, UAW president
•Randy Johnson, Cindy Hewitt and David Foster
•Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Maryland)

10 p.m.
•Jim Senegal, Costco founder and former CEO
•Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senate candidate (Massachusetts)
•Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
•President Bill Clinton

DNC: Stunning Inspirational Speeches

Last night left no doubt that the Democrats have inspirational speakers who know how to touch the hearts of the base, or anyone else who might be watching. And it's not just Michelle Obama.

Stacy Lihn talking about her family's need for President Obama's healthcare plan.


Lilly Ledbetter and her struggle for equal pay.


Deval Patrick ~ the bullies win if we have no backbone.


Julian Castro and the immigrant experience.

Funniest Quote from the DNC First Night

"If Mitt was Santa Claus, he'd fire the reindeer and outsource the elves."
~ Ex-Governor Ted Strickland, D-Ohio


The whole speech is a barn burner ~ Enjoy!!!

Michelle Obama's Spectacular Speech

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Take that, Mitt Romney!!!

"When you walk through that door of opportunity, you do not reach back to slam it shut"

. . .  "You see, even though back (when) Barack was a senator and a presidential candidate, to me, he was still the guy who'd picked me up for our dates in a car that was so rusted out, I could actually see the pavement going by in a hole in the passenger side door. He was the guy whose proudest possession was a coffee table he'd found in a dumpster, and whose only pair of decent shoes was half a size too small."

"Well, today, after so many struggles and triumphs and moments that have tested my husband in ways I never could have imagined, I have seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. No, it reveals who you are."

"Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it, and he wants everyone in this country to have the same opportunity, no matter who we are, or where we're from, or what we look like, or who we love."

Speech Transcript Here




FLOTUS Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee   ~ Headline on The Atlantic






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Help Wisconsin Defeat Scott Walker

At nearly the eleventh hour, just days before the Wisconsin Governor's Recall Election on June 5th, the Democratic National Committee is finally drumming up some major funds and support on the ground to help Democrat Tom Barrett defeat the despicable union-hater Scott Walker.

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Elect Tom Barrett and Recall Scott Walker 

Tonight on MSNBC, Rachel Maddow had a great overview about Walker's union busting and why it puts the future of the Democratic Party in Wisconsin in jeopardy.

... Republican Legislators all over the country have all gotten religion all at the same time about the importance of killing off public sector unions. The most high profile among them is, of course, is Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who with the stroke of a pen wiped out 50 years of union rights in the State of Wisconsin...

Scott Walker did not campaign on getting rid of those rights, but once he got elected he said he had to, he said he had to kill union rights in Wisconsin to 'save the state's budget.' When the unions said 'yes' to all of the financial concessions he asked for, and he still wanted to kill them off, it became clear that it wasn't about money, it was not about the budget. He wanted to get rid of union rights in order to get rid of unions altogether.

"If you get rid of unions altogether, then there is no one funding the other side. There will be no one funding the Democrats when business funds the Republicans. You get rid of union rights, you thereby get rid of unions, you thereby game the whole state so Democrats cannot compete in the big money part of elections ever again. Pull that off and Wisconsin didn't just go all red in 2010 - Wisconsin will be all Republican, all Red from here on out permanently. Democrats will never recover.

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But there is help on the way for Badgers who have been on the ground trying to throw Walker out of office for months: the Democratic National Committee is finally stepping up to provide fundraising for Walker's opponent, Tom Barrett.

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal

“The DNC is fully committed to helping Mayor Barrett win next month’s recall election in Wisconsin,” said Melanie Roussell, DNC Spokeswoman. “DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has spoken to Mayor Barrett and has pledged the DNC’s support for his successful election next month. She will host a fundraiser for Mayor Barrett, and the DNC will utilize both its substantial network of activists, volunteers and supporters and extensive online resources to assist in building the ground game that will win on Election Day.”

In the fundraising e-mail, Wasserman Schultz says:

“Of all the elections we are preparing for in 2012, one of the most important ones isn't happening in November.
On June 5th, the people of Wisconsin will have their chance to recall Governor Scott Walker, whose attacks on workers' and women's rights are the definition of a fireable offense. Democrats are rallying around our nominee, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, and with just 14 days to go before the election, we're organizing one of the largest get-out-the-vote efforts in state history.
Will you donate today to help Wisconsin Democrats build the grassroots organization it's going to take to beat Scott Walker and win in 2012?
It's up to Democrats across the country to help win this thing.”

Huffington Post Story 

"Choices don't get clearer than this," read the email sent Wednesday evening by the DNC chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.). "Winning in Wisconsin sends a powerful message to the far-right extremists, and it starts to roll back their worst offenses. To build our organization and make it happen, Democrats need to come together to turn out hundreds of thousands of voters -- and we all have a part to play."

What's notable about this fundraising appeal is that the money will go directly to Wisconsin Democrats, rather than to the DNC. Other national organizations -- including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee -- have sent out solicitations related to the recall, but the money has not directly gone to Wisconsin entities.

A Democratic party official told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Wednesday's fundraising email was being sent to "millions" of people.