Obama arrives in Charlotte for DNC
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STORY: U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday (September 5) after forecasts of thunderstorms put a crimp on his nomination party and forced Democrats to move his planned acceptance speech from a 74,000-seat outdoor football stadium to a much smaller indoor venue.
The shift to the Time Warner Cable Arena was a setback for Obama, who hoped to create a visual spectacle in Charlotte's Bank of America stadium on Thursday to rival his 2008 acceptance speech in a football stadium in Denver.
It was a letdown for tens of thousands of Obama supporters from around the country who had been given tickets to the biggest speech in his campaign for the Nov. 6 election against Republican rival Mitt Romney.
Weather forecasters predicted a chance of thunderstorms on Thursday night in Charlotte, which has experienced heavy evening rains for the last few days.
STORY: U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday (September 5) after forecasts of thunderstorms put a crimp on his nomination party and forced Democrats to move his planned acceptance speech from a 74,000-seat outdoor football stadium to a much smaller indoor venue.
The shift to the Time Warner Cable Arena was a setback for Obama, who hoped to create a visual spectacle in Charlotte's Bank of America stadium on Thursday to rival his 2008 acceptance speech in a football stadium in Denver.
It was a letdown for tens of thousands of Obama supporters from around the country who had been given tickets to the biggest speech in his campaign for the Nov. 6 election against Republican rival Mitt Romney.
Weather forecasters predicted a chance of thunderstorms on Thursday night in Charlotte, which has experienced heavy evening rains for the last few days.