By: John Kass – johnkassnews.com – August 25, 2024 Have you ever watched a child reaching for a red balloon? First comes the wide-eyed wonder, the giddiness, the excitement. But when the balloon pops, and they always do, then comes the silent cry. The hands come up to the head in anguish in the way of all primates. The mouth...

Every four years, Democrats from across the country join together to craft our party’s platform. The platform is created to uplift working people and write out the values that will guide our party for years to come.  

Today and together, with Love for our Country, Faith in our People, and Trust in God’s Good Grace, we will Make America Great Again!

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – August 20, 2024 There’s a reason voters don’t see Trump as a unique threat to democracy. But then why do polls show that voters are more or less equally split on which party most threatens democracy? Partisanship is one answer. But so is the fact that over the last eight years Democrats have...

By: Rich Lowry – nationalreview.com – August 21, 2024 Can they really make this work? It is appropriate that Kamala Harris is from the town of Oakland, Calif., of which it was famously said there was no there there. It is hard to think of another presidential nominee who has felt so utterly superficial — not as a campaign tactic,...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – August 19, 2024 Its platform offers a vision where the answer is always government. What Kamala Harris will do if she wins the White House in 77 days is still mostly an open question, since she leapfrogged the primaries and didn’t have to argue over policy with any Democratic competitors. But for one...

Former President Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton, a flawed female candidate, in 2016, in part because he fought for every battleground state.

The hard-to-imagine events of recent months, including the felony convictions of one president, the abrupt end of another’s campaign, and the surge of the vice president make this the most improbable political season in memory.

By: Dan McLaughlin – nationalreview.com – August 19, 2024 Democrats may regret wasting the campaign rollout/honeymoon period by never having Harris talk to the press or take questions from voters. Since Kamala Harris was awarded the Democratic presidential nomination less than a month ago, her campaign has ridden a wave of relief and “vibes” to an increasingly strong position in...

The Democratic National Convention (DNC) will begin this week. After President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance against former President Donald Trump in June.