Tale of two conventions: GOP united behind Trump while Dems in disarray
Fox News
Republicans head into Milwaukee solidly behind their standard bearer, especially after Saturday's assassination attempt. Democrats, on the other hand, will limp into their convention, uncertain and divided.
… barring a rumored surprise announcement during the president’s Monday trip to Austin, the party rebellion continues in guerrilla form, planned on Signal threads and fought through polls, leaks, and anonymous quotes. Christopher Bedford is the senior politics editor for Blaze News, and author of the thrice weekly newsletter, The Beltway Brief.
President Joe Biden was supposed to be the man. While his age and stamina were issues on the 2020 primary trail, Democrat leaders had seen in the former vice president a safe alternative to the radicalism gripping his fellow candidates. These party officers, led by Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), rallied black and southern voters to the man primary voters in Iowa and New Hampshire had rejected, winning a string of victories from South Carolina on, and sealing the job for the oldest nominee in major party history.