What Went Down On The First Night Of The Democratic National Convention

Obama: “Four years ago, too many people chose to believe their votes wouldn’t matter.” That feels like an appeal to Black voters to vote in the numbers they did for her husband.

Michelle Obama has experienced the political benefits and curses of being first lady, which Julia Azari and I wrote about here. She could avoid many controversial issues and largely be seen as above politics, but she was also saddled somewhat with her husband’s public reputation and was never really free to take stances distinct from or critical of his.

Thank you, Clare. The chyron covering it on CNN.