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It is an issue for the next election. Announcer catherine gale, sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Announcer the Washington Post hosted a discussion on this weeks Democratic National convention in the president ial race. Reporters and columnists discussed joe bidens speech and what to expect that next weeks Republican Convention. Good morning. Welcome to first look. The onestop shop for news and analysis all about the Democratic Convention. Join me each morning for uptodate information from Washington Post reporters, followed by commentary from prominent Washington Post columnists and contributors. We are starting this morning after the Democratic Convention with the man we started with. Joining the conversation is Washington Post fact checker. Good morning, welcome. Good morning. With you. Start give me your initial reaction to the speech last night by former Vice President and now democratic president ial nominee, joe biden. I thought it was a very strong speech, proba
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