Columnists Mark Z. Barabak and Anita Chabria discuss the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where Biden will speak. After that, Vice President Kamala Harris will be the star.
One month ago, Democrats were anticipating a very different convention than the exuberant event planned this week on the shores of Lake Michigan. The expectation was President Biden would limp in, accept his party's nomination, then lead the party to a crushing defeat in November. That outlook changed — literally overnight — when Biden stepped aside and threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris, who's been riding a rocket ship ever since.
Among them, how does Harris perform in her big acceptance speech Thursday night? Also, does the party manage to project the reassuring and uplifting air of unity it intends to convey, or do the planned demonstrations outside the convention hall — and maybe inside — blemish that happy face? Chabria: There's been talk that this convention will be as chaotic as the 1968 gathering when old-timers like you, Mark , recall tear gas and violence.
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