Thursday, July 28, 2016

6 Takeaways From Democrats' Marquee Night

The Democratic National Convention Wednesday featured what had to be among the densest concentrations of marquee names on a single night of a party confab, including the sitting president, his No. 2, and the debut of the party's new vice presidential nominee.

But the night, like the entire convention thus far, could not be condensed into a single coherent theme beyond, "Let's elect a sane, competent person," as unlikely surrogate Michael Bloomberg ad-libbed. Here are six big takeaways from the night: 

Hillary has a team, Donald doesn't 

There were so many big name speakers in Wednesday night's lineup that Democrats had to cut Sen. Sherrod Brown, for time (he'll speak Thursday).  

There has never been a man or a woman — not me, not Bill, nobody — more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States," President Obama said of his former rival, Hillary Clinton. Trump is essentially a party of one, who has no one with the gravitas or with the willingness to make a similar claim on his behalf.  

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Source: NBC News 

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