by Sandy » Wed Jul 20, 2016 11:02 am
Oh, I think there will be some big contrasts. The Democrats will be a much younger and more vibrant convention, there won't be empty seats when hundreds of delegates simply walk out and go home after the nominee vote takes place, and I doubt that the convention leadership will be caught off guard by state delegations making motions to challenge rulings and contesting the votes. Virtually all of the Democrats who serve in the Senate, House, and governorships will show up, the governor of Pennsylvania will open the convention and be present and visible, as will its Democratic Senator Bob Casey, and its Democrat congressmen, and the Democrat who is running against Pat Toomey (who is far, far, far away from Cleveland) will be on the speaker's platform. It's always a clear sign where the insider polls are pointing when the Republican candidates for Congress are trying to get as far away, as fast as they can, from Trump's campaign, especially those who are in danger of losing their Senate seats, while the Democrats don't have enough room for all of their candidates who want to be seen with Hillary and associated with the Obama administration.
The majority of Democrat delegates will be Latino, African American, Asian, Native American, and there will be a much larger and more vocal Jewish presence. I also anticipate that the speaker lineup will be much more focused on issues of relevance to the voters, and will likely not include reality television stars and second rate soap opera actors and actresses. I'm not happy with having Trayvon Martin's mom, or Michael Brown's mom as a speaker, which is just as bad as the Republicans dragging out Pam Smith, though she was emotional and incoherent, and her baseless accusations got a negative reaction from just about everyone except hard core Trump supporters. I guess that's about all they have, though, since the Gowdy report came out, and was hidden so quickly from view because it exhonorates Mrs. Clinton, and proves that most of the baseless accusations were false, and not consistent with the testimony of eyewitnesses.
And I'll bet that the speechwriters are going to be a lot more careful. The Republicans now have two keynote speeches that were plagiarized, both by someone with the last name Trump. Wonder how much of what Donald has to say is real? Or who he will borrow his words from?