Charlotte, NC will be the site of the Democratic 2012 Convention!

[flpoljunkie]

Just announced on CNN.

Charlotte will host the 2012 Democratic National Convention
By: CNN Senior Political Editor Mark Preston

Washington (CNN) – Democrats have chosen Charlotte, North Carolina, as the host city for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, a source with knowledge of the decision told CNN.

The official announcement will be made Tuesday.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/01/charlotte-will-host-the-2012-democratic-national-convention/

[xchrom]

1. that's interesting. nt

[flpoljunkie]

3. A good choice.

[KoKo]

20. NC... A "Right to Work" (anti-Union State) Home to Bank of America!

Tim Kaine is still DNC Chair..and Dem Convention being held in a "Right to Work State, " (anti-union)

that is home to Bank America and other banking interests!

What a great pick that was. Tim Kaine thinks the SC Palinites, Haley's and Joe Wilson and the rest of the Crazy's aren't going to hold their OWN "Tea Party" Counter Convention with Sarah Palin as their Spokesperson as they run over the border that NC shares with SC? Look at Charlotte, NC on a Map and see how close it is to those SC Crazies!

What were Axelrod and Kaine thinking with this pick! :eyes:

Doing our Dem Convention on the NC/SC Border is going to make this Convention a MESS! It might end up like Chicago in 1968!

"What a Tangled Web We Weave...when First we Practice to Deceive

[Clio the Leo]

2. DOAH!

beat me to it! lol :fistbump:

either way, good news for us southerners, huh?

[flpoljunkie]

4. Very good news, Clio.

[Clio the Leo]

7. I'd like to think this is an actual attempt to try to turn the Red Belt Blue...

... but nah, I dont want to disapoint myself (which is the same thing I said three years ago attempting to tamp down on my excitement that that Obama dude was running for office lol.)

[blm]

12. Dean did a pretty good job from 2005-2008 rebuilding the Dem party infrastructure here in NC.

I hope he rebuilt it strong enough to hold steady for 2012.

[KoKo]

25. Yep...remember Jerry Meek? What happened after Obama won in NC?

You live here...you know what I'm talking about. After Dean...What happened ...here in NC!

[KoKo]

26. Jerry Meek......he is much missed...BIO

Jerry Meek
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Jerry Meek (born 1970) is a North Carolina attorney and Democratic Party activist who was the chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party from 2005 through 2009.

Jerry Meek became involved in Democratic Party politics at age 13, as a volunteer for Democratic nominees in the 1984 election. As a teenager, he served as President of the State and National Teen Democrats. At age 17, he was elected as the youngest delegate ever elected to a Democratic National Convention.

After graduating from high school, he attended Duke University. Three and a half years later, he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Duke, double majoring in Economics and Political Science. Meek then won a fellowship to study at the University of Notre Dame, where he completed a Masters degree in Government. In the fall of 1995, Meek returned to North Carolina to attend Duke Law School, completing his law degree in 1997.

While in college, Meek served as a precinct Chair in the Cumberland County Democratic Party and as an officer in the 7th Congressional District Democratic Party. At age 25, Meek was elected Chairman of the Cumberland County Democratic Party, an office he held while commuting from Fayetteville to Durham to attend Duke Law School. In 1998, Meek was the Democratic nominee for the North Carolina House of Representatives from Cumberland County's 18th House District.

Between 1999 and 2002, Meek was a partner with a Dallas, Texas based law firm, practicing in the area of mental health law. In 2002, Meek returned to work for a Fayetteville firm, while running the Cumberland County Democratic Party's coordinated campaign for the fall of 2002 election.

In February 2003, Meek was elected First Vice Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party. In February 2005, he was elected Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party over Ed Turlington.<1> He was unanimously re-elected to another 2-year term in January 2007. <2>

As State Chair, Meek worked aggressively to rebuild the State Party’s grassroots network, to expand services and support to local party organizations, to make better use of technology, and to encourage new people – especially young people – to become active in the Democratic Party. He retired as party chair in 2009, and was succeeded by David Young.<3>

Meek is married to state Rep. Tricia Cotham.<4> He is a partner with Poyner & Spruill, LLP, working out of the Charlotte and Raleigh offices. With a keen interest in international affairs, he has lived in Central America and traveled to over forty countries around the world. He is a licensed pilot and airplane owner.

[bluestateguy]

5. An excellent choice

This is a sign that North Carolina will be contested again in 2012.

None of this John Kerry 18 state blue state strategy stuff anymore!

[blm]

8. What BS. DNC oversaw collapse of state party infrastructures 1996-2005. Dean's DNC had to rebuild

state party infrastructures that had been demolished by a decade of neglect, allowing GOP to control too many states at every level of the process where votes are allowed, cast and counted.

The Dem candidate is stuck with the party infrastructure that exists once he/she becomes the nominee. Kerry became nominee with the weakest possible national party infrastructure...just as Terry McAuliffe intended for the 2004 election cycle.

North Carolina is one of those states that benefitted from Dean's rebuilding efforts. I know. I live in Charlotte and worked for the Dem party here in 2004. Our Dem party headquarters was in the back of a flower shop with a few old PCs and a few phone lines.

[taterguy]

18. Charlotte isn't part of NC for political purposes

No one from Charlotte has ever won state-wide office for a position that mattered.

Hell, Jim Martin used to claim he was from Davidson, NC.

[politicasista]

19. The poster wanted to bash

Senator Kerry to promote Obama as a political genius and the Senator as a person that didn't have a clue to campaigning and DNC strategy. Not surprising there are crickets after the fact-filled post.

[patricia92243]

6. Good for us Tar Heels :)

[timber84]

9. YES!!!!!!!!

We got it!!!!!!!!

[Clio the Leo]

10. Did anyone get the email from Michelle announcing this?

If so, can you tell me what venue it came from? DNC? OFA? ....... I haven't received it yet and am trying to make sure I haven't missed a mailing list (I sometimes there's just a delay.)

[impik]

11. Michelle's mail:

I am thrilled to make sure you are the first to hear some very exciting news. Charlotte, North Carolina, will host the 46th Democratic National Convention in 2012.

Charlotte is a city marked by its southern charm, warm hospitality, and an "up by the bootstraps" mentality that has propelled the city forward as one of the fastest-growing in the South. Vibrant, diverse, and full of opportunity, the Queen City is home to innovative, hardworking folks with big hearts and open minds. And of course, great barbecue.

Barack and I spent a lot of time in North Carolina during the campaign -- from the Atlantic Coast to the Research Triangle to the Smoky Mountains and everywhere in between. Barack enjoyed Asheville so much when he spent several days preparing for the second Presidential debate that our family vacationed there in 2009.

And my very first trip outside of Washington as First Lady was to Fort Bragg, where I started my effort to do all we can to help our heroic military families.

All the contending cities were places that Barack and I have grown to know and love, so it was a hard choice. But we are thrilled to be bringing the convention to Charlotte.

We hope many of you can join us in Charlotte the week of September 3rd, 2012. But if you can't, we intend to bring the spirit of the convention -- as well as actual, related events to your community and even your own backyard.

More than anything else, we want this to be a grassroots convention for the people. We will finance this convention differently than it's been done in the past, and we will make sure everyone feels closely tied in to what is happening in Charlotte. This will be a different convention, for a different time.

To help us make sure this is a grassroots convention -- The People's Convention -- we need to hear from you. We want to know what you'd like to see at next year's convention, how and where you plan on watching it -- and the very best way we can engage your friends and neighbors.

So, please share your input with us right now -- how can we make The People's Convention belong to you and your community?

I can't believe it has been more than two years since my brother Craig introduced me at the 2008 Convention in Denver. It truly feels like it was yesterday.

As I looked out at a sea of thousands of supporters that night, I spoke about my husband -- the man whom this country would go on to elect as the 44th President of the United States. I spoke about his fundamental belief -- a conviction at the very core of his life's work -- that each of us has something to contribute to the spirit of our nation.

That's also the belief at the core of The People's Convention. That the table we sit at together ought to be big enough for everyone. That the thread that binds us -- a belief in the promise of this country -- is strong enough to sustain us through good times and bad.

Barack talked at the State of the Union of his vision for how America can win the future. That must be the focus now, and I know so many of you will help talk about our plans with your neighbors -- that through innovation, education, reform, and responsibility we can make sure America realizes this vision.

But, conventions take time to plan, so please help us make sure that your thoughts and your ideas will ring all the way to Charlotte. Get started now:

http://my.barackobama.com/PeoplesConvention

Looking forward to sharing this together,

Michelle

[Clio the Leo]

15. thanks, got it now...

..... from the DNC. In my Twitter-skewed world, if I dont get a message less than 2 seconds after someone is done typing it, I get worried. lol

[KoKo]

21. Home of Big Bankster defrauding Mortgages, Bank of America and an Anti-Union State!

Good Choice!

[Freddie Stubbs]

13. 1st convention in a Right to Work state since 1988

[KoKo]

22. It's the NEW Dem Party...dontcha know? You did see our new Logo..."Little d" for Democrat.

[Brickbat]

24. Shameful.

But not a surprise.

[KoKo]

27. No...sadly...it isn't. We had hoped for so much better than this from him.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. Smart move. nt

[politicasista]

16. Doesn't matter. Can't celebrate without eating our own

Thread is just another example of some (not all) of President Obama's supporters disrespecting one of his best alies aka surrogates in Senator Kerry. Does things to help our President, but he gets trashed and attacked over the DNC's 2012 convention announcement. Go figure.


BTW. Charlotte is a nice choice. :)

[Drunken Irishman]

17. I was kind of hoping for Cleveland with their economy...

But Charlotte, and its location in the South, is probably a smart choice.

[KoKo]

23. Charlotte...the Banking Center of the South....Bank of America..Anti-Union.

[Yavin4]

28. We Heard You

the first 1000 times you posted this.