WOULDN’T THAT AMOUNT TO A REVOLUTION AGAINST THEMSELVES?

male Tim Kaine.

If so, their efforts will be well-timed because, on night one of their confab at least, there was little such bridgebuilding to be seen. Other than Sanders, Rep. Joe Kennedy III was the only white male speaker, and he was only there to introduce Warren.

Although there was much railing against the “rigged system,” and much rhetoric about togetherness and love, there was a paucity of material tuned to the concerns of the lower-middle-class working people to whom Trump is directly appealing. Nor, on night one, did I hear a mention of defeating Islamist terrorism or winning the war against ISIL.

No doubt this was the deliberate offering of a contrast with last week’s bombast and fear-mongering in Cleveland. Yet the security questions need to be answered.

Hillary Clinton is far too experienced and smart not to have placed security and jobs, the king and queen of American political issues, front and centre in her convention plan. That is why, on nights two, three and four, including in the nominee’s keynote Thursday, we will likely hear more about both. Specific proposals for the middle class and an aggressive plan to defeat ISIL: Clinton needs these now, to step on Trump’s postGOP-convention bump.