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The Democrats, get down to business.

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International at the Democratic National Convention

in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mitt Romney has taken heat for not being specific about proposals for

turning the country around. Now it's the president's turn. Barack Obama has not laid out a second-term

agenda, and Democrats have fumbled the question, are you better off than you were four years ago?

With so many people still hurting, it's hard to run on the record, so you better off than you were four years ago? With so many people

still hurting, it's hard to run on the record, so what can the president do to bring

disappointed voters back into the fold? On day one in Charlotte, we'll hear from reporters,

Democrats, and conservative columnist David Brooks of the New York Times. We'll also look at

the Democrats' focus on the Latino vote, including tonight's

keynote address and efforts at mobilization. First, here's the news.

We're in only back with To the Point in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the Democratic

Convention is about to begin. And here with me to help set the scene is David Hawking's. He

is editor of Congressional Quarterly's

Roll Call Daily Briefing, a familiar voice to our listeners. Good to have you here. Nice to be with

you in person, Warren. Okay, so this day, as more and more delegates are arriving, it seems to

me a bit more crowded than it was in Tampa. What's the reason for that? Oh, it's a lot, it's a lot

more crowded. For one thing, we're in

an actual downtown here in Charlotte. Tampa was this sort of armed camp of a convention

center and a big hotel and an arena. It was hard to get to. There's a hurricane looming on us.

This time, we're right in the heart of a working downtown. The weather's still kind of iffy, but it's more crowded.

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