What Went Down On The Final Night Of The DNC

Julia’s earlier point reminds me that if Biden wins and can carry Democrats into full control of Congress, he’ll give Democrats an opportunity to pass a fair amount of major legislation. It’s certainly not FDR in 1932, but if I recall my history correctly, FDR also was a bit mum on policy in the campaign — though he said he wanted a balanced budget! — as things were going terribly in the country and then was able to take very aggressive policy approaches once he took office.

Biden says we’ll never get our “normal” lives back until we “deal with this virus” — a direct rebuttal to Trump’s strategy of pushing for reopening. “No miracle is coming,” Biden says.

I think Biden is giving a really strong speech here after a slow start.