So Long, Chicago!

The 2024 DNC goes out with a whimper

Welcome to Thunderdome. So after all that, the rumors of huge celebrity appearance or endorsements — Beyoncé! Taylor Swift!!! George W. Bush!? — what Democrats delivered in Chicago was a convention that just felt like a box checking exercise.

There were no huge surprises. There was no over-the-top Hollywoodland display. The biggest name to show up was Op…