Democrats’ Move to Save Harris
The Democratic Party Gathering
Democrats’ move to save Harris turns the Chicago convention into a grand display of elite Democratic support for Kamala Harris. Endorsements from Obama and Clinton while Trump studies countermeasures.
In America, names, especially in politics, hold significance. The Democratic Party leadership, which has gathered its most prominent aristocratic families at the current national convention in Chicago to leverage them in boosting the popularity of Kamala Harris, the presidential candidate, is well aware of this.
On the evening of Tuesday, August 20th, former U.S. President Barack Obama, along with his First Lady Michelle, took the stage in Illinois, reinterpreting their old campaign slogan ‘Yes We Can’ as ‘Yes She Can’ in reference to Harris.
Both expressed their full support for Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who is nominated for Vice President.
Before them, Hillary Clinton, the First Lady during her husband Bill’s administration and Secretary of State during Obama’s, spoke and supported Harris with the slogan ‘The Future is Here.’ Republican rival Donald Trump was closely following the convention from afar, trying to gain attention by introducing names like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk as potential members of his future administration.
All for Kamala
The presence of Barack and Michelle Obama, two of the most popular figures in the Democratic Party, excited the delegates at the party convention in Chicago.
The word ‘excited’ was used by many U.S. media outlets, including CNN and The Washington Post, to describe one of the most anticipated speeches of the convention following Joe Biden’s long and striking congratulatory speech on Monday night’s opening.
The Obamas said they felt the same sense of excitement and hope that characterized their rise to the White House, and now all this energy and emotion is moving towards Kamala Harris.
The vast majority of us do not want to live in a bitter and divided country.
We do not need another four years of bragging, rumors, and chaos, they added, referring to Trump, saying we’ve seen this movie before and we all know that the sequel is usually worse.
As we know, few people have as much influence over the hearts and minds of the Democratic base as Michelle Obama.
When the former First Lady took the stage in her birthplace city, she was greeted with one of the longest and loudest applauses of the entire convention. She reiterated the theme of her husband’s 2008 presidential campaign, saying hope is returning.
How Important Are Names
After Hillary Clinton at the evening gathering, it was her husband Bill’s turn for the voice of another former president to be heard in favor of the Harris-Walz duo.
Thus, the Chicago event shows that in the United States, political dynasties still play a significant role in ensuring stability and power.
From the very beginning at the dawn of American history, it was this way. The second president, John Adams, came from a family of so-called Boston Brahmins or Boston elites, Protestant New England elites who still have close ties to the European matrix, including families like the Cabots, Appletons, Lowells, Sedgwicks, and others. An old Boston saying goes: where the Lowells only speak to the Cabots, and the Cabots only speak to God.
In recent times, families like the Kennedys, the Bushes, and even the Clintons, despite Bill Clinton’s scandals and notoriety, have played pivotal roles in the political scene due to their extensive networks and available financial resources.
These families build strong political coalitions but can be criticized for concentrating influence in the hands of a few.
However, despite the criticisms, dynasties are an important element in American politics and influence elections and political decisions.
Trump’s Reaction
Meanwhile, on the East Coast of the United States, Republican candidate Donald Trump continues to talk about himself.
In an interview with Reuters, the New York mogul said that if he wins the election, he is willing to involve Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla and former owner of X-Twitter, in an unprecedented productivity section. In response to a direct question, Trump said, ‘He’s a very smart man. I would definitely do it.’
Last month, Musk publicly announced his support for Trump in the presidential race and then became a host on the X program in an interview that The New York Times called a softball interview. Softball is a miniature version of baseball where the ball is softer and pitched lower.
In a post referring to Trump’s statements, Musk wrote, ‘I am ready to serve.’
The former White House resident also said he is ready to offer a role in his future government to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. if he wins. Kennedy himself is running as an independent candidate for the presidential election, but according to rumors, Robert may step down and support the Republican leader. He is the son of Bob Kennedy, who was killed in 1968. Robert is a symbol of the American anti-vaccination movement and is famous for supporting various conspiracy theories, for example, regarding the COVID pandemic worldwide.
According to press rumors, there is growing concern among the corridors of Trump Tower and Capitol Hill on the Republican side about Harris’s rise in the polls and the large number of people following the Chicago convention, which ended on Thursday.
Like Joe Biden’s presence at Prince George’s County Community College last week, the major Democrats’ endorsement of Kamala Harris’s candidacy primarily indicates the need to present a united and cohesive party image to voters.
Like Biden’s presence, the endorsements also sought to give Harris a pedigree that supports consensus around her character and places her in a line of continuity, albeit unrealistically, with the experiences of Democratic presidents and candidates before her.
However, it seems that the unifying factor of the convention and Harris’s candidacy has always been the fear of Donald Trump’s success and Trumpian America for the coming years.
The name and face of the Republican candidate appeared in many speeches at this convention, perhaps because, despite the broad Democratic support for Kamala Harris, which can largely drive an electoral race, it also indicates that the Harris-Walz duo is convinced that this election is akin to walking a tightrope.