DNC speakers announced 8/27 UPDATE: Crist will speak

[Mr. Morden]

From the Baltimore Sun:

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-08-20/news/bal-omalley-to-speak-at-democratic-convention-20120820_1_democratic-convention-martin-o-malley-speakers

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The article speculates on Cuomo, but he's already said that he's too busy to attend more than one day of the convention:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/cuomo-to-attend-only-last-day-of-democratic-national-convention/

(part of his apparent strategy to avoid the national spotlight, and keep the 2016 speculation to a minimum)

[Mr. Morden]

They've just announced a slew of additional speakers, all women:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/22/democratic-convention-women_n_1820517.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012

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[Mr. Morden]

Edit: Actually Hillary is missing too, so we know it's not intended to be a full list of female speakers.  Never mind.

Hillary says she won't be attending the convention.

[Mr. Morden]

I also find the DNC line up to be particularly...odd. Where's Deval Patrick, Cory Booker (woops), etc. Bumped by Eva?

Read the list of speakers in the OP of this thread.  Deval Patrick is listed.

[Mr. Morden]

More speakers announced:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/08/foxx-rybak-malloy-to-speak-in-charlotte-133036.html

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[Mr. Morden]

They've just announced a slew of additional speakers, all women:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/22/democratic-convention-women_n_1820517.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012

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Out of these, only two are elected officials. One is 76, and the other is a lesbian. I would have preferred they put on more potential rising stars in electoral politics. What about Amy Klobuchar or Kirsten Gillibrand?

I also find the DNC line up to be particularly...odd. Where's Deval Patrick, Cory Booker (woops), etc. Bumped by Eva?

Clearly, they're trying to Super-Woman it up, praying to GOD that Todd Akin can save them from their record.

A better question is where is Brian Schweitzer?  At this point he's easily the most charismatic Democratic politician (Obama doesn't give speeches like he used to ) and Schweitzer is usually at his best at events like this.  Also, he is good at appealing to several groups that Obama will likely underperform with.

Doesn't look like he's getting a speaking slot before the full convention, but he will be effectively launching his 2016 presidential campaign:   

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=158046.0

[Mr. Morden]

Warner's keynote in '08 was totally unmemorable.

As I recall, Warner's speech was notable for how much he talked about how awesome he was for making all that money.

[Mr. Morden]

I haven't really followed this closely, but what is the evidence that Crist is gay?  Some guy claims to have had an affair with him?  Didn't a man also claim to have had sex with Obama?  Does that mean he's gay?

[Mr. Morden]

How does the list get selected? Is it from the candidate's campaign, the national committee, a combination of the two?

Effectively, the presumptive presidential nominee has carte blanche to run the convention however they want.  The national committee becomes more or less subordinate to them once a putative nominee emerges.  Which is why a contested convention in the modern era would be so wild...

[Mr. Morden]

Here's the musical entertainment:

http://www.demconvention.com/pressrelease/dncc-announces-full-performance-schedule-for-the-2012-democratic-national-convention/

[Mr. Morden]

Well there is 'primetime' and then there is the one hour of broadcast network primetime, when the total viewership more than doubles. I doubt Schweitzer is going to be in that one hour.

Im paraphrasing. I always counted prime time as that time after dinner, but before bedtime. Ya know, like between 7:00 and 11:00 or so.

Are there any speakers who are *not* speaking between 7 and 11pm Eastern?