Democrats expect 'in-person convention,' party chairman says

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Democrats expect ‘in-person convention,’ party chairman says

By BILL BARROW
April 23, 2020

ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Party chairman Tom Perez said Thursday that he expects to hold an “in-person convention” in Milwaukee to nominate Joe Biden for president, though he didn’t rule out the potential that portions of the event would be conducted virtually.

The convention is slated for the week of Aug. 17, but precise dates remain up in the air after Perez and party officials scrapped their original July 13-16 plans amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“We expect to hold an in-person convention in Milwaukee. We are planning for that,” Perez told reporters on a telephone call. “At the same time, we do not put our public health heads in the sand. We don’t do that right now. We won’t do that in the run-up.”

Perez said he’s optimistic about forecasts he said suggest COVID-19 could begin a downward slope in Wisconsin later this spring.

“We moved the convention back five or six weeks, so that we can have more time” to decide, Perez said. “Wisconsin right now is in the throes of the pandemic. What many experts tell us is that they expect it to improve beginning in May. We will monitor the situation on the ground.”

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[Midnightwalk]

1. Do something for people to unite at home

Something visible like putting up Christmas lights, signs, order able big balloons. I don’t know but something that lets everyone know we’re uniting behind our candidate

If we’re fortunate for conditions to permit we lose nothing. Visible displays still would work.

[BGBD]

2. An in-person convention

would be the best option if it can be done safely.

There is a decent chance that CV is in a lull period during that time and things can happen before it comes back in the fall. If that's the case you really want to put the convention on. Giving those major, prime-time speeches in front of a roaring crowd is going to be much more impactful than one guy standing on an empty stage talking to a camera with silence around him.

[JI7]

4. not really, In Biden's case his biggest strength is that people see him as fit to be President

and clean up the mess and just get the country on track again.

They aren't looking for the usual campaign rally excitement. THey just want someone in office that knows what they are doing.

It works for him because people know him so well and he has been in office a long time.

It might not work as well with someone who wasn't as familiar to people.

So Biden giving a speech by himself without a crowd would work for him.

[PupCamo]

3. the convention will be five people sitting six feet apart