Kamala Harris strode out onto the Democratic convention stage on Thursday night and told Americans they had a “precious, fleeting opportunity” in front of them – to back her candidacy and consign the extraordinary period since Donald Trump entered the political arena nine years ago to history.
Her 40-minute speech was not exactly the soaring oratory that the Obamas delivered earlier in the week, but the euphoria and confidence in the arena was palpable.
With high-power celebrity endorsements and a widespread sense among Democrats that they are embarking on a new chapter, the party faithful have not been this excited since Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign in 2008.
The jubilant atmosphere among delegates in Chicago is down to both relief that they don’t have to go into this election with Joe Biden, a candidate whose advanced age was a major liability, and delight at how seamlessly Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, have assumed their places at the top of the ticket.
But behind the scenes, party strategists are worried about Democratic voters and activists – who will need to turn out, knock on doors and convince their friends and family to head to a ballot box on 5 November – getting carried away.
Opinion polls have moved in their direction in the weeks since President Biden stepped aside but this is still a very tight race. It will be won, too, in a handful of states – Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and North Carolina.
In nearly all of those places, it seems either candidate could feasibly win. And if the past six weeks are any guide, the political dynamics could change quickly again in the 70 or so days left.
“Kamala Harris has, since she got in this race, had the best 30 days in American politics I’ve seen in a very long time,” he said. “But she is still tied [in the polls]. The Democrats have clawed up from five points down to tied. So it’s still a tight race with 75 days left. “
The mood here may have hit fever pitch last night, but a toss-up race shows that Democrats still have a lot of work to do if they are to be sure of winning the White House.
Trump appears to be struggling to work out how to campaign against Harris. He doesn’t seem to know what line of attack to take, and hasn’t even settled on one of his customary nicknames.
One prominent Democratic strategist told me he believes Trump will soon work out how to define Ms Harris in a way that best serves his campaign, as that is his great political skill. And when he does this election will get much harder for Harris.
For all the buoyancy and optimism that’s been radiating from the convention stage, there have been warnings too.
In her speech on Tuesday night, Michelle Obama cautioned the election would be extremely tight. “We need to vote in numbers that erase any doubt,” she told the crowd. “We need to overwhelm any effort to suppress us”.
Her husband Barack Obama followed up with a similar exhortation, in what amounted to a one-two punch designed to motivate the thousands in the arena to hit the streets when they return to their hometowns across the country.
“It’s up to all of us to fight for the America we believe in,” the former president said. “And make no mistake, it will be a fight.”
Candidates standing for election in key swing states that will decide the outcome of this election know all too well how much work there is to do.
“I’ve been telling Democrats everywhere I go this week: ‘Don’t get high on your own supply and think everyone is as energetic as you are’,” Democratic Representative Elissa Slotkin, who is in a tight Senate race in Michigan, told Politico.
On the convention floor, delegates clearly buoyed by the events of this week appeared to have taken the Obamas’ message to heart.
Cameron Landin, a 21-year-old from Georgia, a key southern battleground state won by the Democrats in the last election for the first time in 28 years, said he knew victory could not be taken for granted.
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