Notes from first night at DNC

I have covered Republican and Democratic national conventions from New York to Kansas City, but I’ve never seen a first night as electric as that which I viewed on television last evening.  I did not take notes, so the following are the impressions that “have legs.”   Especially moving were the personal accounts of men …

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Warnock wins. Sinema goes Independent. Still time to exhale?

Whew! Senator Raphael Warnock was reelected to the United States Senate, giving the Democrats a 51-49 margin. But wait! Arizona's Kyrsten Sinema, concerned about holding her seat in 2024, just switched from Democrat to Independent. So the numbers are now 50-49-1. Even with Vice President Kamela Harris's tie-breaking role, Warnock's win was all the more …

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