Jonathan Martin: “It’s time to take the big dog off the porch and let him run. Bill Clinton should return to the campaign trail this fall and do what he does best: articulate to Americans why they should vote for Democrats.”
“It’s what Clinton plans to do in his remarks Wednesday night, same as he has at every Democratic convention for over three decades. And it’s how he could best help the party going into November.”
“Running what’s effectively a snap election with a ticket that, between them, has competed in a single, Covid-shaped national campaign, the party has an incentive to summon every possible asset to fend off Donald Trump.”
“As buoyant as so many at the convention are about their sudden change of fate after a summer from hell, it’s not hard to detect an underlying measure of concern about whether the moment can last. It’s not quite fatalism, but, as at the end of the late-night parties here, there’s a creeping sense that the alarm bell is going to go off in a couple of hours.”
“And few Democrats know that it’s not just joy that cometh in the morning than those who have been on the ballot.”
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