Biden For President

“We always hear that line about this being the most important election of our lifetimes, but this year it really is,” Eva Longoria says in #DemConvention opening speech. https://t.co/0UJrAu7xky pic.twitter.com/fpSgfl8j1f

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 18, 2020

This isn't the most important election of your lifetime, it's the second most important. 2016 was the most important and we blew it. But this will probably remain the second most important of your life for a very long time.

— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) August 18, 2020

"A president’s words have the power to move markets," Michelle Obama says. "They can summon our better angels or awaken our worst instincts. You simply cannot fake your way through this job…Being president doesn’t change who you are; it reveals who you are." #DemConvention pic.twitter.com/YjDEMyZBZ9

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 18, 2020

Kristin Urquiza: “My dad was a healthy 65-year-old. His only preexisting condition was trusting Donald Trump, and for that, he paid with his life.”

Watch full #DemConvention video here: https://t.co/4BZ4fsYUyf pic.twitter.com/31SklQE6MY

— CSPAN (@cspan) August 18, 2020

Sen. @BernieSanders: "To the millions of people who supported my campaign this year and in 2016 … If Donald Trump is reelected, all the progress we've made will be in jeopardy. At its most basic, this election is about preserving our democracy." #DemConvention @Newsy pic.twitter.com/FwDzZDs382

— Lauren Stephenson (@StephensonNews) August 18, 2020

Doug Jones, with the picture of the four bombing victims for whom he got justice. This is very effective.#DNC2020

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) August 18, 2020

‘Action begets action, progress begets progress’ — Gov. Whitmer on Obama and Biden saving the auto industry pic.twitter.com/8daD3h0W83

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 18, 2020

We're 45 minutes through but it's only now dawning on me how much faster this moves when there's no walking to/from stage. No pauses whatsoever, no "huh that was good/bad!" breathers.

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 18, 2020

Beto "there is no calvary, we are the cavalry!"

— Dirk_Dane (@Dirk_Dane) August 18, 2020

Amy Klobuchar: "The president may hate the Post Office, but he's still going to have to send them a change of address card in January" https://t.co/yradm5wGff pic.twitter.com/kFem5zqYsP

— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 18, 2020

It will be interesting to see how these themes contrast with the GOP’s message that Death’s hand touches us all and the brain damage test is too hard.

— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) August 18, 2020

Concerning John Kasich:

Every convention, left and right, makes room for prominent opposite-party Defectors. They're like war trophies and the first, least watched night tends to be devoted to showing off who has captured more royal nephews.

It doesn't mean they're writing the platform.

Chill out.

— Zeddy (@Zeddary) August 17, 2020

oh, don't give any of them money. Or follow them if they get in a half-decent zinger. They get to speak because there's a small but undeniable bloc of hapless Obama-Trump voters who can be read the right combination of words to flip again.

— Zeddy (@Zeddary) August 17, 2020

Joe Biden says this year’s election is “The Battle for the Soul of the Nation,” but we're calling it something else. #LateShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/XERfo0wI4q

— A Late Show (@colbertlateshow) August 17, 2020

It's almost as if there is a difference between a national political party's quadrennial event for the purposes of nominating the President of the United States and a contest between folks from Pittsburgh and Tampa about who can carry a ball further without getting CTE. https://t.co/2eVZKqhEIp

— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) August 18, 2020

I was skeptical about the watchability of tonight’s DNC bloc but that was two hours of pretty darn tight programming.

In a way, this format suits the attention-challenged (e.g. me) better than a traditional DNC.

1/

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) August 18, 2020

Now I’m looking forward to the next three nights.

Two hours. In and out.

Paced well. Good production values.

Well done – especially given the limitations.

3/3

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) August 18, 2020

Snark aside, dealt a tough hand, #DemConvention night 1 was a success — focused on ordinary people and the crisis of the country at the front, speeches were mostly tight, production slick, no *major* tech fails and Michelle was a smashing clean-up batter.

— Dave Catanese (@davecatanese) August 18, 2020

the entire political press doing shit tier mst3k during the DNC is kind of a bad look when you are a normal person who is able to recognize that yes, there are actually stakes to this election

— guy caligiuri (????????????) (@mmcgrath42) August 18, 2020

I think a lot of political journalists are feeling frustrated because this American schlock was always the bread and butter of political conventions, but we were too busy schmoozing and reporting to pay attention until the keynotes. Now we have to watch everything. #DemConvention

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) August 18, 2020

I'd suggest they not quit their day jobs, but in reality, we'd probably be better off if a lot of them did.

— Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) August 18, 2020

Checking on Trump-world Tweeters, and if the measure of success here is that they're losing their minds, the Dems did pretty well tonight.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 18, 2020

And finally, Billy Porter did an awesome job with the closer, and it’s nice he threw us Boomers a little treat…

Thanks @theebillyporter + Steven Stills for helping us close night one of the #DemConvention! ??

So much more to come! Come back tomorrow ??https://t.co/NEJtNqxFPV pic.twitter.com/vqXfLCUVfk

— 2020 #DemConvention ???? (@DemConvention) August 18, 2020