Organizers of next month’s Democratic National Convention are tossing out their script.
Media attend a Democratic National Convention walk through at the United Center in Chicago, Jan. 18, 2024. After a year of planning for just the right event, organizers of the Democratic National Convention are suddenly gaming out how to showcase a new headliner, a new No. 2 and a commander in chief whos being shifted to a more peripheral position.
There have occasionally been tensions, or at least struggles with political messaging and tone, as vice presidents campaign to succeed a president — like in 2000, when Bill Clinton was in office and Al Gore was seeking the White House.
“It lights a fire under national Democrats. It’s an added level of history,” said Christian Perry, political director for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. He added that Harris would break more barriers in a city that produced a series of history-making Black Democrats, from the Rev. Jesse Jackson to Barack Obama.“I think it’ll be a celebratory mood," said Bruce Thompson, a member of the convention rules committee.
The Chicago convention will have different themes each night, such as economic growth or national diversity. In addition to Biden, there will be addresses from White House alums Barack and Michelle Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton. “There’s not a lot in the actual hall that has to move around because you’re taking one out and putting the other in. It’s all somewhat neutral,” Daley said. “The stage and all that, is all set, if it’s Biden or it's Harris or who walks out.”
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