many years. as we reported, organizers relocated the event from the open-air stadium to an indoor arena which holds about 50,000 fewer people. they said it was a safety issue because of severe weather in the forecast. one official expressed concern about filling the massive outdoor stadium down the road but different sides say different things on that. david axelrod said the campaign was 100 percent confident it would not be a problem. it will be a more intimate setting, either way, compared to 2008 when senator obama accepted the democratic nomination in front of 80,000 people in denver. those who are there will never forget it. the lineup includes charles crist, a former republican governor, now an. in, putting in support behind president obama. john kerry will be here and actress longoria
guest: i don t think he will want to spend so much time knocking down the opposition. but making a clear choice, really, laying out his vision and his plan for a second term. this is his moment to tell the country, to tell us, if he could, what would he do in a second term. yes, the congress may not cooperate but how do we build, in his words, this economy to last? what would he do? he has not had that opportunity. when we talk about the length of the speeches, this is the only time our political leaders, whether elected or someone like former president clinton, get to talk directly to voters about things that matter to them. not 30-second ads or slice and dice by journalists. the public craves that. this is or was an opportunity for governor romney, which i think he missed by not laying out his own agenda, and certainly an opportunity for the president, even the president needs time like this to talk to the public in ways he cannot on
relocated the event from the open-air stadium to an indoor arena which holds about 50,000 fewer people. they said it was a safety issue because of severe weather in the forecast. one official expressed concern about filling the massive outdoor stadium down the road but different sides say different things on that. david axelrod said the campaign was 100 percent confident it would not be a problem. it will be a more intimate setting, either way, compared to 2008 when senator obama accepted the democratic nomination in front of 80,000 people in denver. those who are there will never forget it. the lineup includes charles crist, a former republican governor, now an. in, putting in support behind president obama. john kerry will be here and actress longoria who is co-chair for the re-election committee. tonight on fox news the former congresswoman, gabrielle giffords, will deliver the pledge of allegiance. she resigned from congress this year after a a after a psychotic gunman sh
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and occasionally, it does happen, occasionally, that a lot of key speakers do not want to talk to us or me. i thought it was me, i thought it was my deodorant but i don t think that is the case, but i mention this, because a lot of you ask, well, we want to see this guy talking to you and we try to reach out. my diligent staff will kindly senator out e-mails and in the case of governor deval who scored a big speech, they will get back to us, essentially saying, you know, keep trying, but it ain t happening any time soon. no less than a dozen times with massachusetts governor. and then the handlers give it to uses we step on the floor of the convention to try to grab them and that cause as commotion. this is not meant to create a scene, i am a of lower, not a fighter, but when p.r. people get the run around for their candidate, for whatever reason, i wonder, what is the deal? tell me if you hate me, tell me if you have a problem with us, and i am a big boy, i can understand an