The first three nights of the Democratic National Convention were an example of skillful political choreography, filled with star power, showmanship, creative twists and few missteps, and they went on for a long time, notes the "Washington Post" .
What will matter most, however, is the impression Vice President Kamala Harris will make on voters when she delivers her speech tonight.
Nothing is as important at conventions as what the nominee says in the spotlight. Former President Donald Trump failed to perform at his best at the convention in Milwaukee with a rambling, unfocused 90-minute speech that defied efforts by others to reshape his image in the eyes of voters. Since then, his candidacy has not been the same, notes "Washington Post".
As effective as Harris has been in the month since President Joe Biden abruptly ended his re-election campaign, her speech today presents her most significant opportunity to woo voters, especially those who are still undecided. .
Democrats have done everything they can this week to set Harris up for success. Within weeks, they flipped their original script, which called for a boost to Biden and a major focus on democracy, and rewrote it to make the convention all about the vice president and the themes of freedom and the future.
Democrats' hopes now rest on Harris' shoulders, and while the convention is focused on her, he also showed a collective spirit that suggests the party is not as shrinking in influence as it may have seemed when Biden was at the helm. If the energy and enthusiasm in Milwaukee was all about Trump, the mood at the "United Center" this week, they were just as much about the revived hope as they were about one person, the "Washington Post" emphasizes.
For more than a year, President Joe Biden's message has been bleak. The very foundations of the country are at stake in the elections, he said. An American apocalypse was on the horizon if former President Donald J. Trump was re-elected.
With Biden out and Vice President Kamala Harris now at the top of the Democratic ticket, the tone of the campaign has changed. But even amid the more upbeat, upbeat mood, the defense of democracy was at the forefront of this week's party congress.
Speakers at the convention tried to navigate these seemingly disparate moods of hope and fear, expressing optimism about the November election but also noting the efforts of Trump and his supporters to derail the 2020 election and the ongoing challenges before the right to vote throughout the country, found the "New York Post".
In her speech at the Democratic Party convention yesterday evening, Oprah Winfrey preached unity, while at the same time making light remarks about former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, notes CBS News.
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"There are people who want you to see our country as a nation of "us against them” "People who want to scare you, who want to rule you," she said. "People who want to make you believe that books are dangerous and assault rifles are safe, that it is right to worship and wrong to love. People who seek to divide first and then conquer. But the truth is different - when we're together, it's impossible to beat us," CBS News quoted her as saying.
"Despite what some would have you think, we are not that different from our neighbors,”, Winfrey said. "When a house is on fire, we don't ask about the race or religion of the home owner, we don't care who his partner is or how he voted. No. We're just trying to do the best we can to save them.“
CNB notes that Oprah Winfrey's speech reduced the choice between Harris and Trump to which candidate represents the "best of America”.
"Very soon we will teach our daughters and sons” about how Harris, a child of immigrants, "grew up to become the 47th president of the United States,”, Winfrey said. "This is the best of America.“
"Let us choose the sweet promise of tomorrow, not the bitter return to yesterday,” she said. "We will not go back.“
Former President Bill Clinton boasted that he was "still younger” by former President Donald Trump more than three decades after winning the White House in his address to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Axios said.
The media noted that this was important because age was a stumbling block for Democrats when President Joe Biden was campaigning for re-election, and now it is an asset.
In his speech, which noticeably lacked the youthful vigor of his previous convention addresses, Clinton noted that he recently turned 78 but "I'm still younger than Donald Trump”. Clinton is about two months younger than Trump.
Tim Walz addressed the voters with the words: "We will turn the page on Donald Trump", according to the "Guardian".
Kamala Harris' teammate addressed supporters at the end of the third night of the Democratic convention, talking about his military service, his years as a coach and educator. He drew on his humble family background and repeatedly used football metaphors, the Guardian noted: "I haven't given many big speeches like this, but I've given many pep talks... It's the fourth quarter. We are one goal behind but we are attacking and we have the ball. We are moving forward on the field and the boy is in the right team.
He urged his supporters to act urgently: "We have 76 days. That's nothing. There will be time to sleep when you are dead. We will use the time on the field. This is how we will continue to move forward."
"Süddeutsche Zeitung" states that "freedom“ is one of the main themes that Kamala Harris emphasizes in her campaign. It is no coincidence that the song "Freedom" of the American singer Beyoncé sounds during her campaign events. In his speech at the Democratic Party convention, Tim Walz, the vice-presidential candidate, introduced himself to the party and the nation in his second major speech - and also explained what he meant by freedom, notes the "Süddeutsche Zeitung".
First of all Walz thanked the delegates for their trust. The nomination of a candidate for vice president is an "honor of a lifetime” and he gladly accepts her.
He then distanced himself from the Republicans, the newspaper noted. They would always interpret freedom in favor of big companies and banks and to the detriment of the environment and US citizens. Walz, by contrast, understands freedom this way: Americans should have the right to bear arms, but children should have the freedom not to be threatened by school shootings. Freedom also means being able to make a decision as a woman in favor of abortion, Walz said. "And the government should stay out of your bedrooms."