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

FWIW, I think it might be easier to give this kind of forceful speech not in front of a huge crowd of your fans who are really happy to see you. I’m just trying to think of how this would work on a convention floor. It’s not the kind of “say a line and wait for applause” speech we are used to.

We’re hearing a lot about Biden’s character tonight — his decency, his empathy. Contrast that with 2016, when we heard over and over again that Hillary Clinton was the most qualified presidential candidate ever. Nobody seems all that interested in talking about Biden’s policy chops tonight!

Obama says, “We have got to vote like we did in 2008 and 2012. We have to show up with the same level of passion and hope.” That is a pretty explicit appeal to Black voters, IMO.