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TOP TEN QUESTIONS FOR THE DNC
1) Will anyone watch? It's virtual, but also, there's nothing much new on anyway.
1) Will anyone watch? It's virtual, but also, there's nothing much new on anyway.
2) Will there be any surprises? These conventions have become about as scripted as the safety announcements on airplanes (remember those?). But just when you think there will be nothing of interest, fate often intervenes. Will it here?
3) What will Donald Trump be doing? The norm has been that candidates stay quiet during the conventions of their opponents. Yeah right. Tell that to the ALL CAPS key in the president's Twitter App.
4) How will the media cover It? From experience you want to walk the hall, talking to the people without big names. But here, everyone's separated by the Gulf of Zoom. Will reporters avoid the Death Star pull of false equivalence? Will they be busy scoring points on Room Rater?
5) Will Biden knock it out of the park? Well, rule number one for political reporters should be to avoid trite metaphors. So strike that.
6) Will there be a bounce? Oftentimes candidates get a surge in the polls. But so far, these polling averages have been as steady as a Lincoln Continental on a newly paved road. Will that hold?
7) Will another news story break? A few weeks ago, the idea that we would be debating the future of mail sorting machinery shows that one never knows what will arise.
8) Will there be a breakout star? Conventions can launch future careers. Although a lot of this year's line-up is about as fresh as one of those old-timers games. (And I can say that, considering I'd probably be the one doing the play by play).
9) Will any of it matter? There's an old Abraham Lincoln quote that is applicable to many conventions: "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here." Of course, Lincoln said that in the Gettysburg Address. So take that with a grain (or bolder) of salt.
10) How will they do a virtual balloon drop? Shouldn't that really be question number one?
