Amy Klobuchar wins the award for corniest joke of the DemConvention so far. “You know, the president may hate the post office,” she quipped. “But he’s still going to have to send them a change-of-address card come January.” More Night 1 superlatives:
After decades of the same parade of speeches in cavernous arenas to distracted, disinterested and often inebriated delegates, the first night of the 2020 Democratic convention finally gave up the strained connection to the drama-filled conventions of old — and went full infomercial.
Here are POLITICO’s superlatives for Night One of the Democratic convention: the highs, lows and everything in between.Four years ago, then-First Lady Michelle Obama delivered one of the more memorable speeches at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, where she recounted how she talks to her daughters about what she saw as a corrosive brand of politics that confronted her husband, the first Black president.
Sanders touted Biden’s stances: raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, paid family leave and criminal-justice reform. He even defended Biden’s position on expanding access to health care, the defining contrast of the presidential primaries. “Nero fiddled while Rome burned,” Sanders said. “Trump golfs. His actions fanned this pandemic resulting in over 170,000 deaths and a nation still unprepared to protect its people.”Just in case the subtext wasn’t clear about how John Kasich — the budget-slashing former congressman, Fox News personality and two-term GOP governor of Ohio — came to speak at a Democratic convention, there Kasich stood at the literal junction of two dirt roads.
"I'm sure there are Republicans and independents who couldn't imagine crossing over to support a Democrat. They fear Joe may turn sharp left and leave them behind,” Kasich said. “I don't believe that."Sen. Amy Klobuchar was the overwhelming favorite to win this category, and she delivered.
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