You get a sense of which states are in play this year just by stepping into the Time Warner Arena here in Charlotte. And Florida is surely at the top of the list. During the proceedings Florida’s delegates will get one of the better views because they’re tucked just a few sections from the stage in the center of the arena. Steve Kerrigan is the CEO of the convention.
Kerrigan says, “We have the largest delegation in the history of conventions. Almost six thousand people of all different cross sections of our country and the most diverse grassroots delegation.”
But it won’t just be Democrats watching this week’s convention. Florida Republican Congressman Allen West says he’ll be tuning in to the proceedings in order to study his political enemies.
“Well I think you should watch it. That’s kind of what Sun Tzu talked about", West says. "You know you have to study your adversary, you have to know yourself and you have to know your environment. It’d be silly for me not to do that.”
Events kickoff later today with First Lady Michele Obama wrapping things up with this evening’s most prominent speech.