PhotoTonight even some of Hillary Clinton’s most ardent fans might be bracing themselves for disappointment in her speech at the Democratic National Convention. By the time the lights go down on the convention tonight, we will know. Unfortunately for Clinton, her task tonight does not lend itself well to those particular strengths, especially given that the convention has branded itself on love and unity. (“This is all they offered the women of the world?” one journalist has recalled her saying to the crowd in a too-small auditorium, before the speech began.) Will she find her path a little bit easier this time — connect more readily, with more joy, to a fractured, weary electorate?

Source: New York Times July 28, 2016 22:30 UTC