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The Democratic National Convention officially got underway on Tuesday. The goal for President Obama in North Carolina is to get two key groups fired up and ready to go to the polls- namely the young voters and Latinos.
But, while President Obama is trying to get voters excited, he got news that will make his pitch a little tougher. On Tuesday, the statistics were released that the U.S. factory activity shrank for the third month in a row. Construction spending dropped between June and July, and the unemployment rate will likely stay the same.
Democrats hope the President's wife can help tonight in her prime-time opening speech.
"It's our responsibility at any age to exercise the rights that people before us fought so hard to have," said Michelle Obama to E! News.
The first lady says she wants to use her speech at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night to remind Americans of the values that drive her husband to do what he's done.
Michelle wants to "take folks back to the man that Barack was before he was president."
However, the convention will be starting without the President there. Obama will be watching his wife's opening speech from Norfolk, VA.
"I'm going to be at home and I'm going to be watching it with our girls, and I am going to try not to let them see their daddy cry, because when Michelle starts talking, I start getting all misty," Obama said.
Also, the keynote speaker for the Tuesday night conference will be Julian Castro, the mayor of San Antonio.
Contributing: Associated Press
