The Democratic National Convention wrapped its second night on another high note, with rousing speeches from Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, and an aspiring first-ever first gentleman, Doug Emhoff, building on an equally ecstatic Day One, featuring Hillary Rodham Clinton peering through the cracks of that famous glass ceiling she couldn’t quite shatter in 2016, and Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. delivering what may be remembered as his valedictory address to his party and the nation. I discussed all the implications, surprises, and traded observations with my old pal, James Bennet, the Lexington columnist for The Economist, former editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, and former editorial page editor of the New York Times. Herewith, an abbreviated edition of our conversation, which originally aired in full on Impolitic with John Heilemann.
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