Republican pundits accept victory of Biden's conference address as Trump's bid to depict Democratic rival as radical leftist falls flat
Under strain on the last day of the Democratic conference, Joe Biden"hit a home run" with an"hugely powerful" speech which blew"a big hole" in Donald Trump's efforts to paint him as a psychologically faltering captive of his party's left wing.
Biden provides the acceptance speech he's been waiting years to deliver
And that was to hear Fox News hosts Dana Perino and Chris Wallace tell it.
"It was an excellent speech," added Karl Rove, a Republican strategist respected and reviled on each side of the aisle.
Democratic hopes were riding large that when Biden rose to accept the presidential nomination on Thursday night, he would deliver the type of speech to get voters nodding their heads rather than nodding off, and cable pundits speaking about"momentum".
Broadcast to tens of thousands of millions, Biden's speech marked the first truly nationwide moment of the 2020 effort, with the proper conclusion of this Democratic primary on one hand, and the first clear image of this presidential showdown -- Biden v Trump, Uncle Joe v Maga Don -- on the other.
At the very least, Democrats expected, Biden would steer clear of the type of verbal slips the Trump campaign has been using liberally, if ironically given their particular candidate's cha-chas with incoherence, to assault him.
However, when Biden was completed speaking on Thursday at Wilmington, Delaware, with one arm around Dr Jill Biden, fireworks in the background and his smile as wide as the country, Democrats were not alone in recognizing that their nominee had not just connected -- he had nailed it. "It was so authentic to who Biden is, and... it caught the mood of the country, which can be unity, steady, competence,'We can rise above this'.
"I believed Biden had the moment of his life, and he ought to feel really good about that."
Trump sought to steal Biden's big moment with campaign stops outside Biden's home city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, that day. After a speech with an airstrip the president visited a pizza home, where he was filmed using a pie, with no mask, as staff members, all wearing masks, snapped photos and waved excitedly.
"They supposedly have the best pizza," Trump told reporters. "We'll tell you in about a half-hour."
Alert on Friday morning into a necessity to nip Biden's second in the bud, the Trump campaign deployed Vice-President Mike Pence about five shows, where he contended that Biden, a known quantity in Washington for 50 years, was a lurking socialist.
"It's an option between President Trump's record and agenda of freedom and opportunity, versus a Democrat schedule driven by the radical left and Joe Biden's vision that will result in socialism and decrease for America," Pence told Fox News.
In reply to criticism by Biden of Trump's tackling of this coronavirus, Pence demonstrated the extraordinary capability of both parties to talk past one another.
"The president keeps telling us that the virus will disappear," Biden said in his address. Well, I've got news for himno miracle is coming"
"We believe there's a miracle around the corner"
The biggest near-term opportunity for Trump and Republicans to draw a contrast with Biden will be through their own convention, which is scheduled to begin on Monday with more in-person, physical elements than the all-virtual Democratic event.
Controversially,'' Trump intends to accept the nomination on the grounds of the White House on Thursday, in apparent violation of laws requiring that political campaigning be kept independent from the conduct of office.
The president and vice-president are exempt from the law, but broad party participation in such a major campaign event is inevitable. The campaign intends to set off fireworks on the National Mall.
Unlike Democrats, Republicans also plan to convene delegates in-person in Charlotte, North Carolina. Trump had unconfirmed plans to visit the 336 delegates on Monday, although the Democratic governor of the state has directed an effort to guarantee that Republicans abide by public health guidelines.
That devotion had wavered. Trump announced earlier this summer that the conference would be moved to Florida, where a Republican governor had suggested no coronavirus restrictions. A large Covid-19 outbreak in that state returned the event to Charlotte.
Together with the force of his address on Thursday night, Biden, 77, was viewed as implicitly rebutting Trump's accusation he had lost a step. However, Biden's rebuttal of Trump's additional attack -- that the prior vice-president and six-term senator is a Trojan horse for the terrors of"socialism" -- was explicit.
"While I'll be a Democratic candidate, I will be an American president," Biden said. "I will work as difficult if you did not encourage me as I'm if you did. That is the task of a president. To represent all of us, not just our base or our party."
Biden seemed to have won any converts. "Joe wows critics," the Drudge Report, usually a clearinghouse for the most astringent conservative messaging,'' exclaimed on Friday morning.
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Under strain on the last day of the Democratic conference, Joe Biden"hit a home run" with an"hugely powerful" speech which blew"a big hole" in Donald Trump's efforts to paint him as a psychologically faltering captive of his party's left wing.
Biden provides the acceptance speech he's been waiting years to deliver
And that was to hear Fox News hosts Dana Perino and Chris Wallace tell it.
"It was an excellent speech," added Karl Rove, a Republican strategist respected and reviled on each side of the aisle.
Democratic hopes were riding large that when Biden rose to accept the presidential nomination on Thursday night, he would deliver the type of speech to get voters nodding their heads rather than nodding off, and cable pundits speaking about"momentum".
Broadcast to tens of thousands of millions, Biden's speech marked the first truly nationwide moment of the 2020 effort, with the proper conclusion of this Democratic primary on one hand, and the first clear image of this presidential showdown -- Biden v Trump, Uncle Joe v Maga Don -- on the other.
At the very least, Democrats expected, Biden would steer clear of the type of verbal slips the Trump campaign has been using liberally, if ironically given their particular candidate's cha-chas with incoherence, to assault him.
However, when Biden was completed speaking on Thursday at Wilmington, Delaware, with one arm around Dr Jill Biden, fireworks in the background and his smile as wide as the country, Democrats were not alone in recognizing that their nominee had not just connected -- he had nailed it. "It was so authentic to who Biden is, and... it caught the mood of the country, which can be unity, steady, competence,'We can rise above this'.
"I believed Biden had the moment of his life, and he ought to feel really good about that."
Trump sought to steal Biden's big moment with campaign stops outside Biden's home city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, that day. After a speech with an airstrip the president visited a pizza home, where he was filmed using a pie, with no mask, as staff members, all wearing masks, snapped photos and waved excitedly.
"They supposedly have the best pizza," Trump told reporters. "We'll tell you in about a half-hour."
Alert on Friday morning into a necessity to nip Biden's second in the bud, the Trump campaign deployed Vice-President Mike Pence about five shows, where he contended that Biden, a known quantity in Washington for 50 years, was a lurking socialist.
"It's an option between President Trump's record and agenda of freedom and opportunity, versus a Democrat schedule driven by the radical left and Joe Biden's vision that will result in socialism and decrease for America," Pence told Fox News.
In reply to criticism by Biden of Trump's tackling of this coronavirus, Pence demonstrated the extraordinary capability of both parties to talk past one another.
"The president keeps telling us that the virus will disappear," Biden said in his address. Well, I've got news for himno miracle is coming"
"We believe there's a miracle around the corner"
The biggest near-term opportunity for Trump and Republicans to draw a contrast with Biden will be through their own convention, which is scheduled to begin on Monday with more in-person, physical elements than the all-virtual Democratic event.
Controversially,'' Trump intends to accept the nomination on the grounds of the White House on Thursday, in apparent violation of laws requiring that political campaigning be kept independent from the conduct of office.
The president and vice-president are exempt from the law, but broad party participation in such a major campaign event is inevitable. The campaign intends to set off fireworks on the National Mall.
Unlike Democrats, Republicans also plan to convene delegates in-person in Charlotte, North Carolina. Trump had unconfirmed plans to visit the 336 delegates on Monday, although the Democratic governor of the state has directed an effort to guarantee that Republicans abide by public health guidelines.
That devotion had wavered. Trump announced earlier this summer that the conference would be moved to Florida, where a Republican governor had suggested no coronavirus restrictions. A large Covid-19 outbreak in that state returned the event to Charlotte.
Together with the force of his address on Thursday night, Biden, 77, was viewed as implicitly rebutting Trump's accusation he had lost a step. However, Biden's rebuttal of Trump's additional attack -- that the prior vice-president and six-term senator is a Trojan horse for the terrors of"socialism" -- was explicit.
"While I'll be a Democratic candidate, I will be an American president," Biden said. "I will work as difficult if you did not encourage me as I'm if you did. That is the task of a president. To represent all of us, not just our base or our party."
Biden seemed to have won any converts. "Joe wows critics," the Drudge Report, usually a clearinghouse for the most astringent conservative messaging,'' exclaimed on Friday morning.
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