Despite delays that pushed President Biden’s farewell remarks out of primetime — and saw singer-songwriter James Taylor slashed from the schedule entirely — Monday night’s DNC ratings beat last month’s opening-night RNC ratings by 21%, . Donald Trump is . Tuesday’s festivities aimed to up the ante in two ways.
First, by tapping the two most popular Democratic speakers on the planet— Michelle and Barack Obama, — to headline the evening. And second, by moving past day one’s respectful but retrospective focus on Biden’s record — and pivoting, once and for all, to what comes next. Hence the theme: “A Bold Vision for America’s Future.
” “Something wonderfully magical is in the air,” Michelle Obama said. “A familiar feeling that’s been buried too deep for far too long. .
.. America, hope is making a comeback.
” Barack Obama and Kamala Harris are longtime friends. As San Francisco district attorney, she was ; they’ve been close ever since. But more than that, the two mixed-race trailblazers see each other as kindred spirits.
Born in 1961 and 1964, respectively, Obama and Harris come from a younger generation than the white men who served before and (if Harris wins in November) between them. They’re both children of the civil rights movement. So it’s no surprise Obama was asked to speak Tuesday night.
His mission was simple, his message clear: another “fired up, ready to go, yes we can” kind of candidate, as former New Orleans Mayor Mitch .