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DNC Forced To Change Plans But Keeps Spirits Alive

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Although it’s no hurricane Isaac, the Democratic National Convention was forced to deny 50,000 eager supporters the chance to see President Barack Obama deliver his keynote address in person, due to the chance of severe weather today in Charlotte, North Carolina. The President addressed credential holders, many of whom were community organizers across the country, via a conference call earlier today and said “I regret that we’re not all gathering together in one place to deliver my acceptance speech tonight.” Instead, credential holders will attempt to gather at smaller community events to watch the speech on TV.

Commenting on the convention so far, President Obama said “we’ve had an unbelievable convention. Michelle — what can I say? I’m a little biased, but she was unbelievable. And yesterday President Clinton, who I think broke down the issues as effectively as anybody could; to hear from ordinary Americans who tell the story of their lives from veterans to businesspeople to workers; and to hear some of our great governors and members of Congress — I could not be prouder of the work that everybody has done. Mayor Castro from San Antonio is obviously just an incredible talent.”

MSNBC won convention ratings for the first time ever with it’s coverage of the Democratic National Convention – check out their recap of past Obama big speeches, just hours away from his address this evening:

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Dems Take on Romney Directly

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The Obama fundraising machine is aiming directly for Mitt Romney as Iowans are about to hit the Caucus pavement to decalre their presidentialpreference.

Here is the letter that went out to the democrats list today.

Democrats
Friend —

You may have heard that Mitt Romney’s offering a supporter a chance to donate and win to spend election night with him in New Hampshire. Kind of like Dinner with Barack.

But there’s a catch: Deep pockets could go a long way to you joining him.

You see, for every dollar you donate to Mitt, you automatically get another entry to win. So someone who makes a $1,000 donation would be exactly 200 times more likely to win Mitt’s contest than someone who only chipped in $5.

We do things differently. Every few months, the President has asked to get together with just a few grassroots supporters to talk about what’s on their mind. And we don’t think your chances of winning should be determined by a big contribution.

So donate $3 or whatever you can to be automatically entered to win dinner with the President and First Lady.

You’ll have the same chances as everyone else, no matter how you enter.

This is precisely the difference between us and the other side. Instead of auctioning the President’s time off to the highest bidder, we believe anyone should have a shot at a seat at his table.

And instead of relying on big spenders, corporate lobbyists, and Super PACs to do our work, we rely on grassroots supporters like you.

The President wouldn’t have it any other way.

Chip in $3 or what you can to be automatically entered for dinner today:

http://my.democrats.org/Dinner-Our-Way

And remember, when Mitt’s spending election night with other folks who can afford $10,000 bets, we’ll be doing things our way.

Thanks,

Hildy

Hildy Kuryk
Finance Director
Democratic National Committee

Who's In, Who's Out for This Year's White House Correspondents Dinner?

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Democrats, Celebs, Media-types In; Republicans, Lobbyists, “Little People” Out

Who will be in and who will be left out of this year’s dinner? A few general categories to keep an eye on. For Obamites stuck in Chicago for two years, this will be the first night that many of them mix and mingle with the press at a big event. [Read more…]