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Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic party’s nomination for president on Thursday night in Chicago. It was a historic moment for the country and for Harris, who is now the first Black woman and first Asian-American to earn a major party nomination for president. In the most important speech of her political life, Harris didn’t linger in the applause—which lasted several minutes. “Let’s get to business!” she said, turning to her speech.
In only a month after President Joe Biden stepped down and named her as his heir apparent, Harris now leads a campaign that’s been awash in energy—and cash. On the first night of the convention, Biden spoke, signaling a generational shift in Democratic party leadership. Over each passing day, while party luminaries gave Biden his political roses, it was clear that one generation was passing the torch …