Time: “If Democrats are serious about winning over these younger voters, they also have to throw them a reason to look and then stick around.”
“From the start, it’s clear convention organizers get the need for a generation reset. There was Monday’s barn-burner from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, age 34…”
“Texas county exec Lina Hidalgo (33), Illinois Rep. Lauren Underwood (37), and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (48) each paid tribute to Harris. California Sen.
Laphonza Butler (45) and Rep. Robert Garcia (46) spoke of their home-state connections. When it came time for the first excoriation of Republicans’ regime-in-waiting detailed in Project 2025, Democrats deputized 37-year-old state Sen. Mallory McMorrow of Michigan to describe what she called a ‘plan to turn Donald Trump into a dictator.’ And 44-year-old Minnesota Lieutenant Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who would make history as the nation’s first Native American female Governor if Harris and running mate Tim Walz win, became something of a breakout star on social media.”