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Convention wrapup

Some odds and ends after the Chicago gathering:

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Thursday DNC Schedule

It’s time:

5:30 PM

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Wednesday DNC Schedule

Bill Clinton and Tim Walz. Pelosi and Shapiro. They will all be hard-pressed to top the Obama speeches last night:

5:30 PM

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Tuesday DNC Schedule

It’s Obama-time:

Program Schedule: Democratic National Convention Night 2

“A Bold Vision for America’s Future” Continue Reading...

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Monday DNC Schedule

First the highlights. The complete schedule follows:

5:15 PM – 10:15 PM

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2024 Democratic Convention starts tomorrow

The latest news:

  • Convention programming will air live from the United Center in Chicago between 6:15-11 PM Eastern/5:15-10 PM Central on Monday, and 7-11 PM Eastern/6-10 PM Central for all other days. Monday’s theme is ‘For The People”.
  • You can watch a livestream of the convention on all platforms, including, get this, “DemConvention.com/watch“.  Wow! So close!  All they needed to do was ask for our domain. We would have gladly lent it out for the week!
  • The Pro-Palestinian protests are full steam ahead.
  • And the unofficial roll call will be held on Tuesday

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The DNC starts in two days!

Here’s the latest news for the 2024 Democratic Convention which starts on Monday in Chicago:

Here’s a look inside the United Center:

  • Main Speaker List: Monday: Biden and Hillary Clinton. Tuesday: Obama. Wednesday: Bill Clinton and Walz. Harris will close it out on Thursday.
  • Here’s an excellent behind the scenes view on what its like under the podium of a democratic convention
  • While every delegate will still get a bag of coffee beans as a nod to a cup of “Joe,” the convention has had to do a quick pivot to Harris.
  • Can’t get a credential?  There’s a watch party being held at Soldier Field
  • And they’ve raised $95 million for the convention

 

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Don’t think we’re getting a contested convention

With President Biden dropping out of the 2024 race, the endorsements for VP Harris from potential competitors are flowing in. Newsom, Buttigieg, Whitmer have all endorsed Harris for the Democratic nomination or at least said they would not run themselves.  As some have noted, it’s similar to how the party coalesced behind Biden in 2020 just before Super Tuesday.

Marianne Williamson has said she is running, and Joe Manchin is making noise, but, remember, these are all Biden delegates who will make the decision. Unless a mainstream Democrat runs against Harris, the nomination will be hers without a fight.

Update: Tmess2 makes good points below, but the North Carolina delegation just announced unanimous support for Harris.  It’s actually shades of the smoke-filled rooms of years gone past – but – without a mainstream Democrat to run against her, Harris will be the nominee. Continue Reading...

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GOP starts convention

  • Trump’s pick of J.D. Vance today marks the first time since 1988 that a VP pick was announced after the convention started. This used to be the norm – even with a presidential nominee that was not in doubt, like Jimmy Carter in 1976, Carter did not announce Mondale as his VP until Thursday morning of convention week.
  • Security plans were under review after the Trump attempted assassination
  • Here’s the bottom line on attempts to replace Biden at the convention. It’s not happening.  The delegates are core Biden supporters. Unless Biden decides himself to withdraw his name from nomination, he will be the nominee.

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Dems to nominate Biden early to avoid GOP Ohio nonsense

We’ve been talking about convention dates for almost 20 years here at DCW, and you have to wonder if this is going to have effects in the future:

The Democratic National Committee announced on Tuesday that it will nominate President Joe Biden through a “virtual roll call” vote ahead of the August convention to ensure he appears on the Ohio ballot this November.

Ohio’s ballot deadline is Aug. 7, two weeks before the DNC planned to hold its official presidential nomination at an in-person convention in Chicago. Frank LaRose, the Republican secretary of state, warned last week that Biden would not be on the state’s ballot unless the state lawmakers moved the ballot access deadline to after the Democratic convention. Continue Reading...

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