Read my notes on Day 1 of the convention here. Let’s get to Day 2. 2020 Democratic Convention: Day 2 Review Interesting note from POLITICO’s Alex Thompson and Gabby Orr on what Republicans learned from yesterday. The convention opened up with an opening “keynote” of a range of Democratic elected officials. It was a good way to feature different states and a next generation of leadership, but I don’t think it worked for a number of reasons. First, lines of personal testimony of Biden’s character and convictions fall flat when it’s doubtful—or at least it wasn’t made clear that—any of the people speaking actually know Joe Biden. Second, the keynote is often an opportunity to introduce a new figure and build a new connection, but to just have a montage of so many different elected officials, with a different official speaking every line or so, created an unfortunate distance for the viewer. Third, the speech ventured into political language that was mostly avoided yesterday.
Was the 'effing' supposed to be an allusion to Biden's off-mic remark to Obama after the passage of the Affordable Healthcare Act? Even so, I agree not the highest point in the keynote address!
Was the 'effing' supposed to be an allusion to Biden's off-mic remark to Obama after the passage of the Affordable Healthcare Act? Even so, I agree not the highest point in the keynote address!
Yeah, it was. And I wasn’t necessarily thrilled with the branded merchandise that came out of that either.