Democrats apparently are seeking to avoid the possible embarrassment of
President Barack Obama accepting the party’s nomination in a partially
empty stadium by moving his speech to a smaller indoor arena and citing
inclement weather.
The president’s speech is set for Thursday at the 74,000-seat Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. But officials have been working hard to fill it, the London Daily Mail reports.
Buses carrying students throughout North Carolina – and even some members of black churches in South Carolina – are scheduled, the Daily Mail reports.
It now appears that the speech will be moved to Time Warner Cable Arena, seats slightly more than 20,000. And it’s not because of fear that empty seats in the huge stadium might illustrate how Obama’s 2008 campaign of “hope” has morphed into an arduous re-election struggle four years later.
“We do have a contingency plan, though, for lightning or other severe weather,” a Democratic Party official told the Daily Mail on Tuesday afternoon. “We don't want to put anyone in harm's way, so that's really what we're looking for, not if it's going to rain but if it's going to be really bad.”
This was part of the caveat the official gave in declaring that Obama’s speech would be held at the stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers, on Thursday “rain or shine.”
He continued: “The reason that we're not releasing the details on what a move to the arena would mean until that decision is made [is because] we don't want a lot of conflicting information out there.
The president’s speech is set for Thursday at the 74,000-seat Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. But officials have been working hard to fill it, the London Daily Mail reports.
Buses carrying students throughout North Carolina – and even some members of black churches in South Carolina – are scheduled, the Daily Mail reports.
It now appears that the speech will be moved to Time Warner Cable Arena, seats slightly more than 20,000. And it’s not because of fear that empty seats in the huge stadium might illustrate how Obama’s 2008 campaign of “hope” has morphed into an arduous re-election struggle four years later.
“We do have a contingency plan, though, for lightning or other severe weather,” a Democratic Party official told the Daily Mail on Tuesday afternoon. “We don't want to put anyone in harm's way, so that's really what we're looking for, not if it's going to rain but if it's going to be really bad.”
This was part of the caveat the official gave in declaring that Obama’s speech would be held at the stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers, on Thursday “rain or shine.”
He continued: “The reason that we're not releasing the details on what a move to the arena would mean until that decision is made [is because] we don't want a lot of conflicting information out there.
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