The remarkable thing about the 2024 Democratic National Convention, which begins Monday in Chicago, is that it has all the hallmarks of a celebration, rather than a week of serious doubt.
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That was certainly not the case a month ago.
And when Donald Trump closed the final night of the Republican Party Convention with a long-winded speech detailing the attempted assassination of him just days earlier, the general consensus was that he would lose this race.
The GOP wasn’t just looking for a Trump victory in November, but a landslide victory. Democrats worried about the possibility of a stalwart Joe Biden remaining on the ticket, and the story from their Windy City would be one of lack of enthusiasm.