Former President Jimmy Carter and former Vice President Al Gore highlight the names added Tuesday to the speakers’ list for the upcoming Democratic Convention. The speakers’ roster so far and themes for the Aug. 25-28 convention:
Monday — “One Nation”
Michelle Obama
Former President Jimmy Carter
Miami Mayor Manny Diaz
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper
Sen. Claire McCaskill (Mo.)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.)
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (Ill.)
Former Rep. Lee Hamilton (Ind.)
Maya Soetero-ng (Barack Obama’s half-sister)
Craig Robinson (Michelle Obama’s older brother)
Illinois state leaders: State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulis; State Comptroller Dan Hynes; Attorney General Lisa Madigan; Tom Balanoff from Illinois SEIU; and Chicago City Clerk Miguel del Valle
Obama mentor Jerry Kellman
NEA President Reg Weaver
AFT President Randi Weingarten
NARAL Pro-Choice America President Nancy Keenan.
Tuesday — “Renewing America’s Promise”
KEYNOTE: former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner
HEADLINER: Sen. Hillary Clinton
Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.)
Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (Penn.)
Rep. Steny Hoyer (Md.)
Rep. Rahm Emanuel (Ill.)
Rep. Xavier Becerra (Calif.)
Rep. Tammy Baldwin, (Wis.)
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (N.Y.)
Rep. Linda Sanchez (Calf.)
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.)
Rep. Mike Honda, (Calif.)
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer
New York Gov. David Patterson
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle
Former Denver Mayor Federico Peña
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Chris Val Hollen
Planned Parenthood of America President Cecile Richards
California State Controller John Chiang
Change to Win’s Anna Burger
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney
Wednesday — “Securing America’s Future”
HEADLINER: V.P. candidate (TBA)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Sen. Ken Salazar (Colo.)
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.)
Sen Evan Bayh (Ind.)
Sen. Joe Biden (Del.)
Sen. John Kerry (Mass.)
Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.)
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle
Rep. James Clyburn (S.C.)
Rep. Robert Wexler (Fla.)
Rep. Patrick Murphy (Pa.)
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley
Iraq War Veteran Tammy Duckworth
Thursday — “Change You Can Believe In”
HEADLINER: Barack Obama
Former Vice President Al Gore (according to the Washington Post)
Gov. Bill Ritter
