That had been in the news for a couple weeks, it wasn’t a surprise. It was the only way to get the new team on the ballot in Ohio for one thing, because of the filing deadline.
The convention became about setting out the party’s goals, fostering unity and purpose, and telling enough about Kamala and Tim so delegates could answer questions back home. Also it gave a lot of time for down-ticket candidates to introduce themselves and muster support.
In my defense, the conventions are usually just rah rah speeches on an outcome already settled. There’s usually no reason to watch either major party’s convention much less pay attention to their rules.
Yes this year the DNC was an unconventional convention, not just a Party but a Partay!
Still had some dull parts but I was surprised. My husband tried to watch a little of the RNC, I wouldn’t even go in the room and he didn’t last 10 minutes.
I know I was only interested initially to see if there would be an open convention. Then I found out votes were cast remotely.
That had been in the news for a couple weeks, it wasn’t a surprise. It was the only way to get the new team on the ballot in Ohio for one thing, because of the filing deadline.
The convention became about setting out the party’s goals, fostering unity and purpose, and telling enough about Kamala and Tim so delegates could answer questions back home. Also it gave a lot of time for down-ticket candidates to introduce themselves and muster support.
In my defense, the conventions are usually just rah rah speeches on an outcome already settled. There’s usually no reason to watch either major party’s convention much less pay attention to their rules.
Yes this year the DNC was an unconventional convention, not just a Party but a Partay! Still had some dull parts but I was surprised. My husband tried to watch a little of the RNC, I wouldn’t even go in the room and he didn’t last 10 minutes.