"The gloves are off": Democrats face post-convention challenge to keep their fight "cheerful"

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"The gloves are off": Democrats face post-convention challenge to keep their fight "cheerful"
The Democrats, for once, are no longer on the perpetual defense

By Chauncey DeVega
Senior Writer
Published August 27, 2024 6:36AM (EDT)


(Salon) Eight weeks ago, the Democratic Party was basically holding a political funeral for itself after President Biden’s disastrous performance against Donald Trump in their first and only debate. The polls, the public mood, the news media, and the Democratic Party’s senior members and base voters had turned against President Biden. Defeat in the 2024 election and the end of America’s multiracial pluralistic democracy with Trump’s victory seemed a fait accompli. Then matters quickly and almost instantaneously changed when President Biden made the wise, very difficult, and selfless decision to step aside as the party’s 2024 nominee and to hand the torch to Vice President Kalama Harris. Eight weeks later, the Democrats would be celebrating at their national convention in Chicago.

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In an email describing their new ad campaign, the pro-democracy organization the Lincoln Project describes the momentum and energy from the Democratic Party's National Convention in Chicago and this very sudden shift in the political winds as “Like all old stars, Trump's fading into oblivion with even Fox News hanging up on him. Meanwhile, Vice President Harris is clearly the stronger candidate since she's crushing him in the ratings, the polls, and the money. She's burning bright and capturing attention while Trump struggles for relevancy.”

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Cheri Jacobus is a political strategist, writer, ex-Republican, and host of the podcast "Politics With Cheri Jacobus."

..... But one thing is clear from this Democratic National Convention — the gloves are off. Democrats showed they can hit convicted felon Donald Trump hard, while still presenting a cheerful vision of a future that is a modern day "Morning in America". The experienced prosecutor is showing us how it's done, and Trump appears to have noticed, as he executes and documents his meltdown on social media for all to see.

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D. Earl Stephens is the author of “Toxic Tales: A Caustic Collection of Donald J. Trump’s Very Important Letters." His website is Enough Already.

..... I feel oddly hopeful, and less worried than I have in eight years. To quote Joe Biden: “No kiddin.’” I wasn’t crazy about dumping Biden because while it was easy for everybody to holler for change, nobody seemed to know what that change looked like. An open convention would have been a complete disaster. Turns out, Democrats’ Plan B was an A-plus. .................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2024/08/27/the-gloves-are-off-democrats-face-post-convention-challenge-to-keep-their-fight-cheerful/