It has been almost 24 hours since the gavel has fallen announcing the start of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, and while there has not been an “empty seat” moment, there has been plenty happening. The first night of the DNC was a positive one for Democrats as speeches from Michelle Obama and Julian Castro hit their mark causing social media to go haywire. We were tracking the Michelle Obama speech and she topped Mitt Romney’s RNC speech peak with 369 tweets per second. Romney’s peak was 310 tweets per second. Day two started off in a different mood as the DNC decided to move Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech from the 80,000 seat Bank of America stadium to the Time Warner Cable Arena holding less than 20,000. This is giving Republican’s a chance to change the momentum from last night, asking questions like “would you cancel a game in a stadium 24 hours in advance with only a 20% chance of rain?” Republicans are saying that there is less enthusiasm this time around for President Obama and the Democrats were worried about empty seats. Here is a look at what was being said on Twitter in the past 24 hours:
Michelle!
Very good speech by @michelleobama-and under great pressure-Dems should be proud!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2012
I adore our First Lady, Michelle Obama. Here’s to the Mom-in-Chief.
— jason alexander (@IJasonAlexander) September 5, 2012
Ummmm….Michelle?
BRAVO!!!!! Krauthammer on Michelle Obama’s ‘brilliant’ speech: ‘I did NOT buy a LINE of it’ dailycaller.com/2012/09/05/kra… #tcot
— slone (@slone) September 5, 2012
Michelle Obama’s speech a tribute to people who weren’t born w/much, worked hard, believe in Am dream & aren’t named Mitt.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 5, 2012
Weather or not?
It’s a simple question.. if you had a #Panthers game, Concert or Soccer match with a 20% chance of storms would you cancel 24hrs prior?
— Brad Panovich WCNC (@wxbrad) September 5, 2012
#Obama‘s #DNC speech is moving inside for the same reason the #RNC curtailed things Monday: you don’t mess with bad weather. #nootherreasons
— David Daniel (@CNNLADavid) September 5, 2012
Cloudy with a chance of Eastwooding: Obama’s DNC speech moved to smaller venue due to ‘weather’ bit.ly/TiiXvS
— TwitchyTeam (@TwitchyTeam) September 5, 2012
Just to clarify, Obama’s speech venue changed because of fears of… empty chairs.
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) September 5, 2012
Democrats dealing with PR disaster of uninviting thousands of people who had tickets for Obama’s acceptance speech: foxnews.com/politics/2012/…
— Starz and Strypz (@StarzandStrypz) September 5, 2012
Who is this!
As @peterhambycnn alluded to yesterday, @juliancastro‘s Twitter jump was huge - he more than tripled his followers in 24 hrs.
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) September 5, 2012
Julian Castro Vs. Marco Rubio: A political fight for the ages fxn.ws/RkJIK3 #latism
— Fox News Latino (@foxnewslatino) September 5, 2012
I have to start working on my @juliancastro. (honestly he’s much better looking than me)
— jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) September 5, 2012
@tnmetro @juliancastro Are you sure that’s not Joaquin?
— Scott Stroud (@ScottStroud1) September 5, 2012
Who is this?
I didn’t watch MSNBC last night. Did they cut away from Julian Castro’s speech so you could watch Sharpton and Matthews discuss it?
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) September 5, 2012
When they said that Castro was going to speak at the Democratic Convention I thought that they meant Fidel Castro. I was like WTF!!!??
— Kevin Moran (@7evin3moran) September 5, 2012
Best of the Rest!
In the interest of fairness, find a Democrat as fat as Chris Christie to make fun of. You may have to tape two or three together. #DNC
— Fake AP Stylebook (@FakeAPStylebook) September 5, 2012
Matthew 10:33 Whoever denies me before the World, I will deny him before my Father who is in Heaven.#DNC #LeavingGodOut #tcot #RR #noobama
— Kenneth W. Cater Jr(@CaterW) September 5, 2012
Thinking of bringing out hologram Biggie on Thursday… #DNC
— Barack Obama (@ThePresObama) September 5, 2012
Barack is totally smoking a cigarette right now. #DNC
— Josh Hara (@yoyoha) September 5, 2012