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Sweet Home Chicago

On the ground reporting, murmur-gathering, bed-wetting-compiling, euphoria-capturing, and tons of reality checks from the pol-delegate-operative-White House class at the dawn of the D.N.C. here in Chicago.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
The transition from Biden to Harris is actually a fitting punctuation mark to his career. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP
Peter Hamby
August 20, 2024

On my flight to Chicago this morning, I was scanning through the official Democratic convention background guide for reporters. It’s nothing newsy, just a big planning guide to the coming four days and attendant events, including a “DemPalooza” venue where Democrats can get Kamala Harris-style manicures and make friendship bracelets. The guide is mostly just on-message press release stuff—certainly no mentions of the Gaza march nearby or the Planned Parenthood bus offering free vasectomies—but a few factoids did catch my eye.