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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Sen. Charles Schumer was clearly reveling in the afterglow of former President Bill Clinton’s speech as he made the rounds at the New York delegation’s Thursday breakfast at the Democratic National Convention.

“In church they say preach, baby, preach. This was teach, baby, teach,” New York’s senior U.S. senator said of Clinton’s Wednesday night address. “If every American...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- For Bill Clinton, welfare reform is personal. The 42nd president delivered an impassioned, detailed case for President Barack Obama’s reelection Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention, and gleefully dissected Republican Mitt Romney’s argument for a different outcome. But he cut to the quick on welfare, where he accused Romney of baldly lying to voters when he claims...

Watching the Democratic and Republican conventions this year is a lot like catching those infomercials that dominate television programing here in Charlotte just before dawn.

You know, the ones that promise the Veggo-Monster will chop, dice and slice vegetables like no other food processor the world has ever seen; or insist that if you just buy the Flab-Buster exercise machine you’ll soon...

11:34 p.m. - Overall, the evening was a good one for the Democrats. The industry leaders were weak as speakers but convincing as people. Elizabeth Warren made a lot of friends with a heartfelt speech that preached nothing more than looking out for the little guy and trying to control the natural tendency of big concerns to become voracious.

Clinton was wonderful, as he always is, but he would...

Lane Filler's live blog of Elizabeth Warren and Bill Clinton's speeches continues here.

10:12 p.m. - Sinegal has an impressive story. You rarely hear a bad word about Costco. They have great benefits and pay, great products, and great value.

And people do appreciate their corporate values. I can't count the number of people I know who switched from Sam's Club to Costco as soon as a Costco...

“... The rain falls on the just and the unjust alike.” -- Matthew 5:45

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- And really, the conventions are just an argument between the Republican and Democratic parties about which is which.

On Wednesday the Democratic Party announced that President Barack Obama’s Thursday night speech planned for the 73,000-seat Bank of America Stadium, where the NFL’s Carolina Panthers...

As Barack Obama touched down in Charlotte today to accept the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night, where that will happen and why has given rise to an inane bit of partisan jousting.

The president’s big acceptance speech has been moved from the outdoor, Bank of America football stadium where 65,000 people were expected to be on hand, to the more modest Time Warner Cable Arena...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Looking out at the mass of delegates, media and assorted politicians and hangers-on huddled in Charlotte’s Time Warner Cable Arena, one thought keeps bombarding my mind: “If these people were serious about combating global warming and stemming the rising seas, they wouldn’t be here. They would be home, knitting sweaters out of environmentally responsible, scratchy fibers — wool,...

11:07 p.m. - Michelle Obama finishes up back on family, and says she is no longer worried that the White House won't be good for the family. Implies that she believes her husband being president is so important to the nation that it's the only reasonable path for her family.

The first lady ends with a maddened crowd calling her name, and she has clearly been a hit. Other than that, Duval Patrick...

Republicans are wasting little time criticizing Democrats about the sexual harassment scandal in the State Assembly stemming from alleged misconduct of Vito Lopez (D-Brooklyn). But the GOP’s top target isn’t Lopez; it’s Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan).

Silver acknowledged mistakes were made in a secretive process that included a $135,000 settlement with two former Lopez staff...