Governor Tim Walz headlined the festivities at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last night, August 21. While a sympathetic media greeted his oratory as a defining moment in the Harris/Walz campaign, there was little mention of policy. It seems the narrative is taking precedence over numbers and that the 2024 strategy is to ignore the last four years in favor of a manufactured and unspecified “vibe.”
With Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, and members of Democrat leadership all appearing alongside the VP contender, there was plenty of talk about Donald Trump and JD Vance. Viewers hoping for the policy road tests that usually mark such conventions may have been disappointed. Slogans, however, were very much the order of the day, and that might, in fact, have been the whole point.
The Secret DNC
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