Democratic convention

Obama, Biden Define the Democratic Messages on Medicare and Social Security

Posted on 09/7/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsOn Medicare and Social Security, the battle lines for the presidential election are now clearly drawn. Last night, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, in accepting their party’s nominations at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., put in the plainest language yet how they will seek to frame the plans of their Republican opponents, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. Biden led off, telling the audience that Romney and Ryan talked “about how they cared so much about …

At the Democratic Convention, a Congressman Gets ‘Personal’ With Medicare and Social Security

Posted on 09/6/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsDemocrats had headliners like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland bemoan the GOP approach to Social Security and Medicare. But it was Rep. John Larson of Connecticut who brought the Democratic National Convention crowd to its feet with his story of how the two programs have kept his mother cared for in her old age. She had multiple sclerosis and congestive heart failure, but Larson’s …

At Democratic Convention, Medicare Wins Prime-Time Prominence on Opening Night

Posted on 09/5/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsFrom mayors to members of Congress, and from governors to Cabinet secretaries, opening-night speakers at the Democratic National Convention pushed one of the biggest emerging issues of the 2012 presidential campaign — Medicare — into prime-time prominence. Social Security scarcely drew a mention. Andrew Tobias, the columnist and author (and treasurer of the Democratic National Committee), called Democrats “the party of Social Security.” Medicare, on the other hand, was a recurring theme. Some of the comments: “President Obama extended the program’s life …

5 Great Ways to Plug Into the Democratic National Convention From Home

Posted on 08/31/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsNow that the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa is history, the political junkies and undecided voters among us get to take the weekend off, before we immerse ourselves in still more hoopla and impassioned rhetoric at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 4-6. In contrast to the Republicans, who were forced to trim their original four-day slate of events because of Hurricane Isaac, the Democrats opted from the start to go with a compressed three-day schedule. But as the Republicans did, they’re still bringing out the big …