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Biden’s Speech Played to His Advantage
The Democratic nominee didn’t need to prove to anyone that he is qualified to be president. He just had to do what he did.
The fireworks were outside.
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Are you ready?
That’s what Joe Biden asked at the end of his speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president, a speech the convention spent the whole week waiting for. He promised competence and empathy, which everyone had earlier praised him for and which he gave as the reason Americans should trust him to deliver.