Biden’s Turn
Day One of the Democratic National Convention.
Chicago, August 19. Even the protestors milling in a park outside the United Center served as surrogates on day one of the Democratic National Convention.
‘Day One’ surprised the convention attendees. One couldn’t make out the delegates except for the state signs and the speech references to Mississippi (three times), Georgia (twice), Delaware (twice) and Minnesota (once). Correction: the reference to Minnesota was to Mankato Minnesota, offered up by USA Olympic Men’s Basketball Team Coach Steve Kerr, midway through the speeches.
In so many ways ‘Day One’ could be billed as “Biden’s Turn,” a recitation of the Biden-Harris tenure in the White House. No one overused the word ‘presidency’. No speaker used the word ‘legacy,’ which is a bit of a feat considering that that both Biden and Harris were responsible for the government initiatives of the last four years. Not Congress except for Harris’s tie breaking votes (33) — certainly not the Supreme Court.
No, “Biden’s Turn” could best be described as referring not to his ambition to be President but to his reclaiming the possibilities he brought to the office, which deliberately he referred to as immanent once Kamala Harris is voted in by the American voter.
And she will be.
