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6:39 PM PT: Up next: Lilly Ledbetter, the inspiration for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. She is being introduced with a video.
6:40 PM PT: Meanwhile, angry man must tweet:
If @BarackObama can't even give himself a passing grade, why would the American people give him 4 more years?
— @MittRomney via web
6:43 PM PT: Bill Clinton in a pre-speech of sorts:
I sure hope Mitt Romney watches The Big Dog tomorrow night.
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6:46 PM PT:
Weird when you have a night about women at a convention that has actual policies attached to it.
— @jesseltaylor via web
6:47 PM PT: Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Mitt Romney's successor, takes the stage. "In Massachusetts we know Mitt Romney," he begins. "When he left office [we] were 47th in the nation in job creation."
6:47 PM PT: "As governor, he was a lot more interested in having the job than doing the job."
6:54 PM PT: Patrick, listing President Obama's accomplishments, mentions something that gets far too little attention: This is the President who, in three and one half years, has created more private sector jobs than in George W. Bush created in eight.
6:56 PM PT:
You have to admit #DemCon2012 is starting strong. Can they keep it up for three days?
— @politicoroger via web
6:58 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): New thread here.