Photos from Thursday at the DNC in Charlotte.
October 8, 2012The Democrats got to bat in the bottom of the ninth this election year and they took the opportunity to rebut the efforts of the Republicans from the week before. Here are photos from Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention, the night that marks the real beginning of the campaign for many voters.
Love 'em or hate 'em, you have to give the Democrats their due. They attract the A-list entertainers to their conventions. Here, James Taylor performs during a sound check Thursday afternoon.
Vice President Joe Biden accepts the applause of the crowd as his son, Beau, formally places his father's name in nomination for a second term as VP.
Walking haltingly and assisted by Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, former Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords leads the Pledge of Allegiance
People of all political persuasion cannot help but admire the courage shown by former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords following having been shot in the head by a deranged attacker in January 2011.
A-list actress Scarlett Johansson addressed the convention on the subject of turning out the youth vote for President Obama.
A-list. That's the only way to describe the Hollywood actresses that speak to the Democratic National Convention every four years. Here, Eva Longoria acknowledges the applause of the crowd.
The crowd at Time Warner Cable Arena rocks to the music of the Foo Fighters.
Former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm went a little nuts in her speech to the convention delegates Thursday night.
Texas does not figure at all in the Obama campaign's strategy to achieve the necessary 270 Electoral College votes to win a second term, but Texas delegates were enthusiastic in their support.
Massachusetts senator John Kerry spoke on Thursday night at the DNC in 2004. Only then, he spoke last, offering his acceptance speech for the party's 2004 presidential nomination.
Vice President Joe Biden gives his acceptance speech.
Earlier in the evening, a video played in which President Obama told the story of a supporter at a small, lifeless campaign stop getting the room going by beginning the chant, "Fired Up!, Ready to Go!" On cue, signs were distributed in the crowd, adapting the chant to "Fired Up!, Ready for Joe!" as Vice President Joe Biden approached the podium for his acceptance speech.
President Barack Obama enters the stage and greets his wife, Michelle, following her introduction of him to the enthused crowd in Time Warner Cable Arena.
President Obama delivered a speech Thursday night that, try as it might, did not have the energy and electricity of his acceptance speech of 2008 in Denver's Ivesco Mile High Stadium.
It wasn't the 75,000-strong crowd originally planned for Bank of America Stadium, but nearly 20,000 packed the house at Time Warner Cable Arena for President Obama's acceptance speech.
With the late decision to move the final night of the convention from the outdoor Bank of America Stadium to the Time Warner Arena, there wasn't time to install the requisite balloon drop. So confetti canons fired over the stage instead to mark the finale of the 2012 Democratic National Convention.