"This is the most important election of our lifetime," director Lee Daniels told the assembled delegates, to applause. The chair of the DNC in 2000 ("It's certainly the most important election of my lifetime."). Walter Mondale to supporters in 1984 ("This is the most important election of our lives. (To make that point visually: 2004 was the peak of Google searches for "most important election.") You can think of it as simply a longer way of his arguing: This time, America, the election really is that important.

Source: Washington Post July 28, 2016 16:52 UTC