By Susan Duclos
Next week is the 2012 Democratic National Convention and they have provided a list of speakers, which includes the President of Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Ms. Sandra "taxpayers should pay for college student's birth control pills" Fluke.
Note- Going through the list and adding links to controversial statements, unfavorable ratings, scandals and disagreements with Obama's attacks against Romney by some of the very speakers listed, and those that voted for Obamacare, it is apparent that while the GOP 2012 Convention highlighted diversity in the party and while appealing to their base, they also made sure to be inclusive, to make their case to those undecided voters, centrists, moderates, conservative Democrats and Independents,.
The Democratic list is a who's who of far far left liberal extremists who have often alienated undecided voters un-apologetically.
Obviously Democrats have decided they need to rally their base because of the enthusiasm gap that favors Republicans heading into the November elections, without a care to appealing to moderates, undecideds, centrists and Independents.
Speaker list:
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin
Congressman Xavier Becerra of California (Voted for Obamacare)
Newark Mayor Cory Booker- (Publicly criticized Barack Obama's attacks on Mitt Romney's private equity experience)
Congressman G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina (Voted for Obamacare)
Former President Jimmy Carter (via video)- (Carter was ranked by Newsweek/Daily Beast in the voter's list of 10 worst presidents- but ranked above Obama)
San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, who will be the first Latino keynote speaker at a Democratic National Convention
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee
Congresswoman Judy Chu of California (Voted for Obamacare)
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri (Voted for Obamacare)
Former President Bill Clinton (Compare and Contrast Clinton's record to Obama's)
Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina (Voted for Obamacare)
Former Republican Governor of Florida Charlie Crist
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina Walter Dalton
The Honorable Arne Duncan
Congresswoman Diana DeGette of Colorado (Voted for Obamacare)
Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Tammy Duckworth
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois (Told a room full of illegal aliens that he could be looking at the a future "president" -Note- Only natural born citizens can become president)
Congresswoman Donna Edwards of Maryland (Voted for Obamacare)
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Recently ticked off Chicago Church leaders by vowing to block Chick-Fil-A from building in his hometown by saying "Chick-fil-A's values are not Chicago's values.")
Georgetown Law School Graduate Sandra Fluke- (Told an unofficial congressional hearing "Without insurance coverage, contraception, as you know, can cost a woman over $3,000 during law school.")
Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx
Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts- (Riddled with scandals and more recently decided to joke about the Trayvon Martin shooting)
Former Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt
Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm
Congressman Charlie Gonzalez of Texas (Voted for Obamacare)
U.S. Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper
Congressman Steny Hoyer of Maryland- (Voted for Obamacare)
Former Governor of North Carolina Jim Hunt
DCCC Chairman Congressman Steve Israel of New York- (Voted for Obamacare)
Montana State Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau
Former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine
Lieutenant General Claudia Kennedy (ret.)
Congressman John Larson of Connecticut- (Voted for Obamacare)
Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California- (Voted for Obamacare)
Congressman John Lewis of Georgia- (Voted for Obamacare)
CarMax co-founder and former CEO Austin Ligon
President of NARAL Pro-Choice America Nancy Keenan
Caroline Kennedy
U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts- (Voted for Obamacare)
Women’s rights activist Lilly Ledbetter
Obama Campaign Co-Chair Eva Longoria
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy
Delaware Governor Jack Markell
Boston Mayor Tom Menino
The Honorable Karen Mills
U.S. Senator Patty Murray of Washington- (Voted for Obamacare)
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter
U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, together with the women of the U.S. Senate- (Voted for Obamacare)
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (Also aims for Romney, but hits Obama on Bain attacks)
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi- (Pelosi ranked least-liked congressional leader)
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will also lead a presentation of the women of the House:-
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut- (Voted for Obamacare)
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney of New York- (Voted for Obamacare)
Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez of New York- (Voted for Obamacare)
Congresswoman Gwen Moore of Wisconsin- (Voted for Obamacare)
Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz of Pennsylvania- (Voted for Obamacare)
Congresswoman Donna Edwards of Maryland- (Voted for Obamacare)
Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives Joyce Beatty of Ohio
Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii
California Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez
Congressman Jared Polis of Colorado- (Voted for Obamacare)
Congressman David Price of North Carolina- (Voted for Obamacare)
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada (Second most unpopular congressional leader, after Pelosi)- (Voted for Obamacare)
President of Planned Parenthood Action Fund Cecile Richards- (Planned parenthood is the largest abortion provider in the United States)
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak
The Honorable Ken Salazar
Journalist Cristina Saralegui
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer of New York- (Voted for Obamacare)
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius- (Leading the assault on Religious Freedom- HHS Mandate)
Costco co-founder and former CEO Jim Sinegal
Former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland
Congressman Chris Van Hollen- (Voted for Obamacare)
Los Angeles Mayor, Democratic Convention Chair Antonio Villaraigosa
The Honorable Tom Vilsack
Senate candidate from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren (Suffered her own "heritage" controversy recently and is trailing Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race.)
DNC Chair Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida- (Ranked most unpopular Obama reelection campaign surrogate.)
Congressman Mel Watt of North Carolina- (Voted for Obamacare)
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