Peter Baker: “The his-and-hers marquee convention speeches by the 44th president of the United States and the former first lady fired up the partisan crowd. Speaking back-to-back over the course of an hour, the Obamas reminded Democrats of a past era of hope and change while electrifying a convention after a ceremonial roll call nominated Vice President Kamala Harris for president and Gov.
Tim Walz of Minnesota for vice president.”“But while the delegates loved Mr. Obama, they really loved Mrs. Obama. From the minute she entered to Stevie Wonder to the end when she introduced her husband, she had the hall wrapped in her hand. No wonder Mr. Obama did not want to go next. No wonder former President Donald J. Trump over the years has repeatedly expressed a feverish worry that the Democrats would turn to Mrs. Obama as their next nominee in some kind of bizarre conspiratorial plot.”
“From the stage at the United Center on Tuesday, Mrs. Obama eviscerated Mr. Trump as a product of ‘the affirmative action of generational wealth’ who nonetheless enjoyed the ‘grace of failing forward’ while moaning that he was somehow a victim. She described him as a racist and misogynist who exploited fears and lies, a huckster and a hatemonger still playing ‘the same old con game’ on America.”