The nomination of Secretary Hillary Clinton to be the Democrats 2016 presidential nominee on Tuesday night July 27th went extremely well; especially after a bad beginning on Monday, which began under the shadow of Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s resignation. Chairwoman Schultz resigned under pressure as a result of leaked DNC emails that indicated that the DNC was favoring Secretary Clinton over Senator Bernie Sanders.
This further angered Sanders supporters many of whom were already either balking at supporting Secretary Clinton or altogether refusing to support her despite being urged to vote for her by Senator Sanders. When he personally met with his delegates in an effort to get them to vote for her for the good of the country, he was roundly booed. Then, on the day that Secretary Clinton was nominated some of the anti Clinton protestors took over a press tent and others got into confrontations with the police. In some cases these confrontations were physical.
In light of the fact that the nomination of Secretary Clinton was a major history making event, it is likely that those anti Clinton delegates and others who participated in the protests of her nomination will regret their decision to do so. That is because when it is chronicled for future generations to read about, they will be on the wrong side of this event that they were privileged to be a part of and, therefore, on the infamous side of history. And if she is elected to the presidency in November, which will be another historical milestone, then that will only exacerbate their bad judgment in choosing to protest her nomination.
The following evening, Wednesday, almost completely brought all of those attending the convention together in unity. The great majority of those Bernie Sanders supporters who had just the previous day rejected even the idea of a Hillary Clinton nomination settled down and listened while the speakers for the evening laid out numerous reasons as to why all Democrats should unite and support Secretary Clinton. No one did a better job of making that argument than President Obama. He delivered a brilliant speech. By the time that he finished, everyone in the convention center seemed to be convinced that unity was the only answer.
On Thursday night, in accepting the nomination, Secretary Clinton gave a tremendous speech that sealed the deal. The Democratic convention is now over, Hillary Clinton is the official nominee and the Democrats can now focus on defeating a very dangerous man in the general election who says that he alone can solve America’s problems. That man is Donald J. Trump.
Eulus Dennis – author, Operation Rubik’s Cube and Living Between The Line