Happy 10th Anniversary to Doug and Kamala! Now that he’s opened that particular door, there is a non-zero chance that voicemail gets played tonight. ;)
Speaker list:
Vice President Kamala Harris
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper
Former Illinois Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger
Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin
California Sen. Alex Padilla v
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren v
Former Secretary of Defense & former CIA Director Leon Panetta, along with a number of veterans
Former Rep. Gabby Giffords
Georgia U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath
Tennessee State Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, known as the “Tennessee Three”
Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark
Colorado U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse
Florida U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost
Secretary Deb Haaland
Secretary Marcia L. Fudge
Michigan U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin
Texas U.S. Rep. Colin Allred
California U.S. Rep. and Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Ted Lieu
Streaming info:
I only watched Harris’s speech.
The good:
I was impressed by her oratory skills. I remember her doing well in the debates in 2020, but I didn’t know she could deliver a speech like that.
The biographical stuff was good. (And necessary. She has a complicated backstory, and despite being VP, Americans barely know much about her.) I see we’re still avoiding any mention of Canada, but that’s probably for the best.
She looked like a president up there.
The bad:
I was put off by the jingoism. I guess Democrats are war hawks now. That’s where we are in 2024.
Between all the “defend Israel” and “stop Iran”, I was not filled with any confidence that she’ll rein in Netanyahu on Gaza.
I think she does come off as someone with human empathy, at the least. If that’s actually true, there may be hope.