Assessing Hillary Clinton’s loss in The Once and Future Liberal, Mark Lilla observed that the 2016 homepage of the RNC website featured a statement of broad positions on eleven political issues. Yet on the Democrats’ homepage there were links not to positions but to “people” 1/

Each link led to a page “tailored to appeal to a distinct group and identity: women, Hispanics, ‘ethnic Americans,’ the LGBT community, Native Americans, African-Americans, Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders.... There are 17 such groups, and 17 separate messages,” he wrote. 2/

Fast forward to the 2020 DNC convention and this is the schedule:

Daytime Events (9 AM - 7 PM ET)

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Hispanic Caucus Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Labor Council Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

3/

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
AAPI Caucus Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Black Caucus Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Interfaith Council Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Ethnic Council Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

4/

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Youth Council Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Women's Caucus Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Rural Caucus Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Seniors Council Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

5/

2:00 pm - 2:00 pm
LGBTQ Caucus Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Muslim Delegates Assembly
Caucus & Council Meeting

1:00 pm-3:00 pm
Small Biz Council Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Disability Council Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

6/

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jewish American Community Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Youth Council Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Native American Caucus Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

7/

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Council on the Environmental and Climate Crisis
Caucus & Council Meeting

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Veterans and Military Families Council Meeting

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Poverty Council Meeting
Caucus & Council Meeting

8/

Plus ça change

/fin