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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The DNC Opens With Joe Biden, Amid Protests in Chicago

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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As President Biden prepares to speak on the first day of the Democratic National Convention, what is the legacy his tenure will leave? Plus, do Chicago's high crime and shaky finances under Mayor Brandon Johnson offer any lessons about Democratic governance, and will the anti-Israel protesters descending on the city this week distract from Kamala Harris's message? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

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The Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago with a speech expected tonight in prime time

0:30.1

from President Biden as anti-Israel protesters are already on the march.

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Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

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We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist Kim Strassal, and editorial board member Colin Levy here in the

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Windy City, which will be particularly windy this week starting tonight with speeches from

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Joe and Jill Biden, then President Obama tomorrow, Vice Presidential nominee Tim

0:55.8

Walls on Wednesday and then on Thursday the main event, Kamala Harris's acceptance speech

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Thursday night. Sprinkled in among that of course will be speeches

1:05.5

by Democratic up-and-comers along with party business, caucus meetings, and so forth.

1:11.6

Kim, you have been covering conventions for a while now what do you

1:14.5

expect from this one here this week in Chicago? If you look at the themes that

1:19.6

the Democratic National Committee have set out so So the broad title for the conference

1:24.2

is for the people for our future.

1:27.5

And just as the Republicans did,

1:29.4

they have a different theme every night of the week,

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Monday through Thursday.

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It's going to be interesting.

1:35.3

The general feel here is very much a Kamala Harris catch word,

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