Faith In The Future

The 2012 National Urban League Conference at the Ernst N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans

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President Obama talks with speechwriter Laura Dean aboard Air Force One during a flight from Seattle en route to New Orleans, July 25 (Pete Souza)

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Heads up: President Obama in New Orleans

Louis B. Armstrong International Airport

6:45: President Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event at the House of Blues in New Orleans

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Next – 8:0: President Obama speaks to the 2012 National Urban League Conference in New Orleans

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Heads up: VP Biden in Philadelphia

1:0: VP Biden delivers remarks at the International Association of Fire Fighters 51st Convention, Philadelphia

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President Obama departs Boeing Field in Seattle, July 25

Later:

4:25: President Obama arrives in New Orleans

4:50: Attends a campaign event, private residence

6:45: Delivers remarks at a campaign event at the House of Blues in New Orleans (Live coverage)

8:0: Speaks to the 2012 National Urban League Conference in New Orleans (Live coverage)

9:25: Departs New Orleans

11:55 Arrives at the White House

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First Lady Michelle Obama greets children and other patrons at the Westerville Community Center in Westerville, Ohio, July 24, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Sonya N. Hebert)

‘Parents for Obama’

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Rise and Shine

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10:0: Jill Biden joins the National Association of Social Workers to announce a major Joining Forces commitment

12:25: President Obama departs Seattle en route New Orleans

1:0: VP Biden travels to Philadelphia to deliver remarks at the International Association of Fire Fighters 51st Convention

4:25: President Obama arrives in New Orleans

4:50: Attends a campaign event, private residence

6:45: President Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event at the House of Blues in New Orleans

8:0: President Obama speaks to the 2012 National Urban League Conference in New Orleans

Returns to Washington, DC

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Harold Meyerson (Washington Post): Suppose Mitt Romney ekes out a victory in November by a margin smaller than the number of young and minority voters who couldn’t cast ballots because the photo-identification laws enacted by Republican governors and legislators kept them from the polls. What should Democrats do then? What would Republicans do? And how would other nations respond?

As suppositions go, this one isn’t actually far-fetched. No one in the Romney camp expects a blowout; if he does prevail, every poll suggests it will be by the skin of his teeth. Numerous states under Republican control have passed strict voter identification laws. Pennsylvania, Texas, Indiana, Kansas, Tennessee and Georgia require specific kinds of ID; the laws in Michigan, Florida, South Dakota, Idaho and Louisiana are only slightly more flexible. Wisconsin’s law was struck down by a state court.

….. And what should Democrats do if Romney comes to power on the strength of racially suppressed votes? Such an outcome and such a presidency, I’d hope they contend, would be illegitimate — a betrayal of our laws and traditions, of our very essence as a democratic republic….

More here

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Morning everyone 😉