Headline Roundup • August 18th, 2020
Perspectives: First Night of 2020 Democratic National Convention
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Politico
The headliners were the same, with Bernie Sanders and Michelle Obama addressing the Democratic National Convention on its first night, just as they had four years ago in Philadelphia.
But reconciling a divided party is proving easier with a deeply unpopular incumbent in the White House — and with a less polarizing nominee.
It hardly mattered that Joe Biden has disagreements with progressives, as Sanders noted. Or that he is “not perfect,” as Obama volunteered.
So far, Democrats have effectively framed this election as a referendum on Donald Trump. And...
Who needs conventions, who needs crowded arenas? Democrats used the magic of technology and clever casting to give their party a passable first night.
Forced by the coronavirus to create a make-believe gathering, planners employed all of Silicon Valley’s bells and whistles to present a simulated intimacy involving both ordinary people and party stars.
Minus a few glitches, the flow was seamless, sometimes too smooth to be credible. We saw more of Joe Biden via taped videos than we have in the last four months of the campaign.
In the...
Wall Street Journal (News)
Democrats launched their general-election pitch during the first night of their virtual convention, presenting Joe Biden as someone who could heal a nation battling a coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest while criticizing President Trump’s handling of those upheavals.
Former first lady Michelle Obama, in Monday night’s keynote speech, described Mr. Trump as the “wrong president for our country,” adding that he is “clearly in over his head.”
“If you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me they can, and they will, if we don’t make a change in this...
