That virtual roll call wins best new feature of the DemConvention. And Jill Biden gets some props for executing her “walk-and-talk” speech. Our superlatives from night 2:
When Joe Biden dreamed about clinching the Democratic presidential nomination since he first ran for the office in 1987, he never could have imagined it would look like this.
Executing a “walk-and-talk” that would’ve made the final cut in an Aaron Sorkin dramedy, the former second lady took viewers from the hallway at Brandywine High School in Wilmington, into a classroom, all while passionately describing her love of teaching — and the anguish that so many feel about the widespread disruption to education wrought by the coronavirus.
The speech ended with a more traditional, two-minute flourish from Stacey Abrams, the only participant who isn’t currently in office. The 2018 Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia, who lost to now-Gov. Brian Kemp, is considering running again in two years.If you blinked, you might have missed her: The 30-year-old freshman congresswoman from New York who has electrified the activist left, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, spoke for only a minute-and-a-half.
Even for fans of political pomp and circumstance, the convention roll call can be a bit much. Governors and senators jostle to command the microphone at the front of their state delegations, delivered clichéd tributes to the scenic landmarks or major inventions in their state along with drama-free recording of delegate votes., delegates got the ability to flaunt their states in person and the opportunity to showcase the diversity of the Democratic coalition.
And Cindy McCain, the late Sen. John McCain’s widow, spoke in a video that chronicled the long relationship between Biden and the Arizona Republican. The video ended with John McCain’s own words of praise for Biden’s friendship over the years.
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