Our convention coverage team, fresh off the GOP convention in Tampa, sends these images from Charlotte, North Carolina.

About 700 protesters marched under the Occupy brand on Labor Day, before the convention opened. They were outnumbered by police, according to our reporters.

Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Erie County Water Authority commissioner and Democratic apparatchik Jack O’Donnell.

Not-so-newlyweds Cheryle Rudd and Kitty Lambert, local heroes of the marriage equality fight.

First Lady Michelle Obama.