Let's return for a moment to the two conventions now concluded and consider one of the important things that didn't happen — and what that omission tells us about the two parties.
At the Democratic convention were Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, who together accounted for 16 years in the White House (1993-2001 and 2009-2017), along with the grandsons of John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) and Jimmy Carter (1977-1981), who added another six years; Hillary Clinton, a onetime Democratic nominee (2016); and Joe Biden, the current president.
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