Democratic lawmakers and delegates will flock to Chicago next week for a jovial four-night party of a national convention that just weeks ago was shaping up to put a dispassionate party on full display.
What would have been a stoic affair hindered by a major doubts that President Joe Biden could defeat Republican nominee Donald Trump is shaping up as an energetic crowning of Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee.
Out as the Democratic Party’s main message is Biden’s rather grim warning about Trump and American democracy. In is a forward-looking vision espoused with wide smiles by Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who have described themselves as “joyful warriors.”
