Our first full day in Charlotte! Went to CarolinaFest and saw Janel Monae rock MJ's 123 - ABC - she nailed it!  Lunch at King's Kitchen.  Off to the Randolph Mint Museum for a nice reception tonight.

In Staunton VA - on our way today to Charlotte, NC.  I am looking forward to participating in the nomination of President Barack Obama!

There is a scene in "The Wizard of Oz" where Toto pulls back the curtain, revealing just an ordinary man pushing levers and buttons to create the illusion of the "great and powerful Oz."

Rep. Akin is the Toto of the Republican Party.  Even as Governor Romney and the rest of the party elite, including Rush Limbaugh, demand that he withdraw from the race against Senator Clair McCaskill, the RNC is planning a platform which will include support for a constitutional ban on abortion.

The curtain has been pulled back.  The war on women is clear and undeniable.

A vote for a Romney/Ryan ticket is a vote against a women's right to control their destiny.

In other news, Hawaii Attorney General David Louie wants to make sure you know he believes President Obama was actually born in Hawaii. No, really, this was just something he had to do to - “If I embarrassed the state, I apologize, but that certainly wasn’t my intent.” I think that's finger-pointing Governor Jan Brewer's job, isn't it?

HONOLULU - The state of Hawaii has verified President Obama's birth records to Arizona's elections chief after a nearly three-month back and forth that Arizona officials said could have ended without the incumbent's name on its November ballot. Joshua Wisch, special assistant to Hawaii Attorney General David Louie, told The Associated Press in an email late Tuesday that the matter is resolved after Hawaii gave Arizona the verification it was looking for. Hawaii - which has vouched for Obama's birth in the state several times as early as October 2008 - didn't bow to the request easily. The Aloha State told Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett he had to prove he needed the records as part of normal business. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/hawaii-verifies-president-obama-birth-records-arizona-elections-chief-ken-bennett-article-1.1083039#ixzz1vjhfBh8l

The Godfather of Obamacare will have a tough time in the debates to come... "Massachusetts residents who participate in the state's healthcare program are seeing their insurance premiums going down by 5 percent, officials say... ...those participating in the state's Health Connector Commonwealth Care program are enjoying a second year of reduced premium payments courtesy of the healthcare reform act signed into law by then Gov. Mitt Romney...