CHARLOTTE - The speaking gig was already a big deal for Mayor Nutter: an evening slot on the rostrum of the Democratic National Convention. Some of the mayor's big-name Democratic compatriots, like New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, aren't speaking at all, while others, like Newark Mayor Cory Booker, were assigned earlier, less-visible times. "I was already excited," Nutter said in an interview Wednesday afternoon. Excited, that is, before he got a call this week from President Obama's campaign. Nutter's speech, originally scheduled for Wednesday, was being moved to Thursday night - before Obama himself takes the stage to formally accept the nomination....
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