The Coronavirus Crisis that has upended our country, claimed more than 170,000 american lives, has completely transformed this campaign tradition weve all come to know. Were not coming to you from a packed Convention Hall jammed with networking politicians, that convention is canceled. That single stage is all that remains in milwaukee. The headline speakers including joe biden and Kamala Harris wont even appear there. The real nerve center, a high tech control room that will draw in video fields from all over the country. The speeches and live reaction, crowd sourced videos from delegates and every day americans. It is truly a virtual convention. But the president tom line has not changed. Conventions are about unifying parties and electing president s. As we come on the air tonight, our brand new poll shows joe biden and Kamala Harris holding a doubledigit lead over President Trump. But democrats sn s know this eln is not about the popular vote. Hillary clinton won the popular vote i
In washington, d. C. , earning her logic refrom the hastings law school, was the District Attorney in San Francisco and law on to earning her degree from hastings law school. She announced her candidacy for president back in january 2019 in oakland, california. She withdrew from the race in december of last year. Joining us from los angeles is an l. A. Times political reporter , and in philadelphia, covering politics for politico, holly otterbein. And i want to begin with you, holly otterbein. I wonder if you could walk us through the process of what led to her selection. Sure. A debaten during between biden and sanders. Biden broke the news that he was going to choose a woman as his Vice President ial nominee. That kind of kicked everything little while, a later, in april, he announced his Vice President ial search committee, which included four people, including former senator chris dodd, who has been a longtime friend and ally to biden. He took an important and powerful role in that
Now, Washington Post reporters including dan ball, eugene robinson, take part in a virtual discussion on the Democratic National convention. They review the first night, which included speeches by former First Lady Michelle Obama and senator Bernie Sanders and discuss the conventions virtual format, maine political themes and they will look ahead to the second night of the convention that kicks off at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Columnist ost moderates this discussion from earlier today. There is still so many unknowns around this virus. Mr. Biden not only will america dig itself out of the whole menu put us in, we will build back better. Jonathan good morning. I am an opinion writer for Washington Post, and welcome look, the onestop shop for news and analysis about the Democratic National convention. Each morning join us for updates from a top Washington Post reporter and updates from colonists and contributors. I am pleased to kick off our conversation and our coverage with chief National Co
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