Party leaders, supporters and rising politicians rally at DNC in Charlotte to back President Barack Obama
The Democratic National Convention kicked off Tuesday Sept. 4, in Charlotte,  North Carolina.  First Lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama were among the key speakers.  The purpose of the convention was for President Obama to accept his party’s nomination to run for a second term.
The convention also served to rally democratic supporters and to sway swing voters.  Michelle Obama followed suit Tuesday night by appealing to the pathos of the estimated 30,000 in attendance.  She relayed the struggles both her family and President Obama’s family faced growing up, their parents working low-paying jobs to make ends meet.  
“Like so many American families, our families weren’t asking for much,” First Lady Michelle Obama said.  “They didn’t begrudge anyone else’s success or care that others had much more than they did… in fact, they admired it.”
Former President Bill Clinton spoke to the convention the following night.  Clinton was noted to highlight details of President Obama’s current plan including: Medicare, tax cuts, job increases and overall health care.
Clinton’s speech was packed with facts and statistics, and as with all highly viewed political speeches, fact checkers went to work shortly following his address.  According to Robert Farley at factcheck.org, most of Clinton’s facts did check out.
“Since 1961, for 52 years now, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats 24.  In those 52 years, our private economy has produced 66 million private-sector jobs,” Clinton said Wed.  “So what’s the jobs score?  Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42.”
Clinton claimed what he sees to be “arithmetic” to argue for the Democrats.  He spouted statistic after statistic, fact after fact, to advocate for President Barack Obama.
The president himself though, chose to take a different approach.  He highlighted his family life, beginning his speech with telling Michelle how much he loved her, and teasing his daughters that they still had to make it to school in the morning.  He then delved deeper, explaining that the outcome of this election weighs heavy on the United States.
“Over the next few years, big decisions will be made in Washington,” President Obama said. “On every issue, the choice you face won’t be just between two candidates or two parties.  It will be a choice between two different paths for America.”
The Democratic National Convention was held Sept. 4 through Sept. 6 in Charlotte N.C.  To view further details of what transpired, videos of speeches and full transcripts can be found online at www.demconvention.com.