The Democrats have a superpower when it comes to defeating Trump

It was a French, navy-blue, chic-but-sombre trousersuit and blouse for Kamala Harris’s nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. It has also been a female hall-of-fame week with Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama electrifying the convention with their speeches, while the audience packed out an event with “steel magnolia” Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker’s session on why she has felt it her “duty” to advocate for Joe Biden to step aside, telling the crowd, “I knew exactly what I was doing”. But she was also funny: Trump’s dismissive description of immigrants taking “Black jobs” was turned into a neat jibe: “Who’s going to tell him that the job he’s currently seeking might just be one of those Black jobs?” open image in gallery Former first lady Michelle Obama speaking during the Democratic National Convention That reference to her husband’s two-term presidency was a reminder that the Obamas are still natural show-stealers and, more than any other former White House incumbents, they draw the affection of party faithful. The convention has been a highly polished and lavish production, with a supporting female cast including Maya Harris who ranks as her sister’s closest unofficial adviser, Oprah Winfrey, and the acapella country band The Chicks singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” as Harris’s introduction, in place of old torch-song warblers. There are weaknesses to Harris’s style – she lacks the “empath” factor which aided Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.