Kamala Harris’s Big DNC Speech Says Little

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The Democratic National Convention ends with an acceptance speech in Chicago that continues the week’s overabundance of "joy,” while offering few details about how Kamala Harris would govern in the White House. Meantime, the Democratic Party showcases its next generation of potential leaders, including Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Plus, what effect will RFK’s dropping out have on the presidential race? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.4	slash Wall Street. From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal
0:21.3	this is Potomac Watch.
0:24.8	Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic Party's presidential nomination with a speech in
0:29.6	Chicago.
0:30.6	Did she clear the bar and did she offer many new details about how she would govern if voters sent her to the Oval Office?
0:38.0	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:41.0	We're joined today by my colleagues, columnist Bill McGurn and
0:45.1	Kim Strassal. It was a packed house at the United Center in Chicago. Reports
0:50.0	that authorities outside were turning away reporters and delegates who were
0:54.6	waiting in line when the arena hit capacity and when the main event arrived Kamala struck
0:59.8	me as not an orator like Barack Obama and not a hept-talking coach like Tim Walls.
1:05.4	But the crowd inside the arena was plenty enthusiastic.
1:08.5	She delivered her lines forcefully and it was blessedly short about 37 minutes.
1:13.6	Bill, my impression is that Democrats probably walked away
1:17.4	from this arena, the arena on Thursday night
1:20.3	feeling like this is a candidate and this is a ticket that can win and from your
1:25.4	perspective as a former speech writer for George W Bush, longtime columnist and
1:30.1	political observer, what did you make of the vice president's speech?
1:33.3	I thought it was pretty good, not in substance, but in terms of giving the crowd something
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