22/08/2024
O-prah! O-prah! Damn, Sheโs Goodโ: The Best and Worst Moments From Night 3 of the Democratic Convention Welcome to Opinionโs commentary for Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention. In this special feature, Times Opinion writers rate the evening on a scale of 0 to 10: 0 means the night was a disaster for Kamala Harris; 10 means it could lead to a big polling bump. Hereโs what our columnists and contributors thought of the event, which included speeches by Oprah Winfrey, Josh Shapiro, Bill Clinton and Tim Walz.
Best Moment
Kristen Soltis Anderson, contributing Opinion writer Younger voters may not realize how powerful Oprah Winfrey is as a voice. I wrote about this in May, and her speech tonight targeted precisely the voters both sides hope to persuade this year.
Binyamin Appelbaum, member of the editorial board Oprah.
Charles M. Blow, Times columnist Tim Walzโs intense, locker-room-pep-talk-style acceptance speech.
David Brooks, Times columnist First, the tone of lavish American patriotism that permeated the evening. But my favorite quirky moment was when Gus Walz burst into tears after his dad gave him a shout-out, telling his neighbors, โThatโs my dad!โ Walz is one relatable American.