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3:15am

Tue September 4, 2012
Election 2012

Mayor Castro, 1st Latino To Give DNC Keynote Speech

Originally published on Tue September 4, 2012 10:38 am

Credit Joe Raedle / Getty Images

Julian Castro, the 37-year-old mayor of San Antonio, Texas, has been called the new face of the Democratic Party. And on Tuesday night, he'll become the first Latino to deliver the keynote speech at the party's national convention.

Over the weekend, parishioners at St. Paul Catholic Church in San Antonio sent off one of their own with a breakfast taco rally.

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3:52pm

Mon September 3, 2012
It's All Politics

Obama Could See Convention As Chance To 'Reintroduce Hope'

Originally published on Mon September 3, 2012 4:55 pm

Credit Jae C. Hong / AP

It's been a rough four years since Barack Obama accepted his party's nomination during a celebratory Denver convention that launched the freshman Illinois senator to the White House.

Recovery from the worst economy since the Great Depression has been excruciatingly slow. The national unemployment rate has remained stubbornly above 8 percent.

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11:21am

Mon September 3, 2012
It's All Politics

Why I'm A Democrat: Marion Barry, Washington's Mayor For Life

Credit Stephen Boitano / AP

Throughout the Republican National Convention, we asked people in Tampa why they were Republicans.

We're doing the same thing here in Charlotte, N.C. for the Democratic National Convention.

We started by asking Marion Barry, the former mayor of Washington, D.C. and current councilman.

He's always been a polarizing and controversial figure in politics.

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