Confirmed: Obama speech moved indoors.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Does Charlotte have any indoor arenas that are the same side as Bank of America stadium? Why wasn't that chosen instead?  This issue is turning into something bigger than it has to be, ridiculous.

Lol no. The only indoor stadiums that hold 74,000 people are the Georgia Dome in Atlanta and the Super Dome in New Orleans. The TWC Center is the biggest indoor facility in Charlotte. The old Coliseum was larger but was demolished a few years ago.

[Eraserhead]

Meh, all of the weather agencies/websites are saying there's at least a chance of thunderstorms, so they could really be moving it because of the weather (or at least it makes for a decent excuse ).

[Keystone Phil]

Politico reports that because of the last minute switch, the DNC won't be able to get balloons for a balloon drop tomorrow night but there will be a different type of "celebratory finish."

[MorningInAmerica]

Meh, all of the weather agencies/websites are saying there's at least a chance of thunderstorms, so they could really be moving it because of the weather (or at least it makes for a decent excuse ).

Its never seemed to bother him before: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=obama+in+the+rain&qpvt=obama+in+the+rain&FORM=IGRE

[後援会]

Politico reports that because of the last minute switch, the DNC won't be able to get balloons for a balloon drop tomorrow night but there will be a different type of "celebratory finish."

Celebratory finish huh? Sounds pretty kinky.

[MorningInAmerica]

I just snapped this photo from my building in uptown. If you squint, you can see in the far back, top left corner, the Bank of America stadium (or as DWS and Villarigosa and the rest of the DNC crew incorrectly call it, "Panthers stadium"). It's a beautiful Thursday here in Charlotte. I hope the 40K angry Democrats who don't get to attend this historic event enjoyed their "conference call" earlier.


5:30 PM update. This is Bank of America Tower, just a few blocks away from the original site of Obama's speech. Too bad...could have had a packed stadium.

[Eraserhead]

This is definitely going to end up being a minor embarrassment.

[Hoverbored123]

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I just snapped this photo from my building in uptown. If you squint, you can see in the far back, top left corner, the Bank of America stadium (or as DWS and Villarigosa and the rest of the DNC crew incorrectly call it, "Panthers stadium"). It's a beautiful Thursday here in Charlotte. I hope the 40K angry Democrats who don't get to attend this historic event enjoyed their "conference call" earlier.


5:30 PM update. This is Bank of America Tower, just a few blocks away from the original site of Obama's speech. Too bad...could have had a packed stadium.
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We had worse weather than that in L.A. yesterday.  It makes you wonder whether it really was about the weather; then again, who can tell?  

I'm wondering what the president's poll numbers will look like coming out of the convention.  With the jobs report due out this week and after all that unpleasantness, I wonder what kind of "bounce" the president can reasonably expect.  

[Yank2133]

Well apparently it did rain in Charlotte.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/06/charlotte-nc-weather-democratic-national-convention_n_1862601.html

[MorningInAmerica]

And? It rained for about 15 minutes around 3:00pm in Uptown today, like it does about every other day. Just admit...Stephanie Cutter and crew think we're stupid.

[Yank2133]

And? It rained for about 15 minutes around 3:00pm in Uptown today, like it does about every other day. Just admit...Stephanie Cutter and crew think we're stupid.

Gee, I wonder why?

[MorningInAmerica]

Well, by we, I was mostly referring to you.