A huge chunk of the prime-time programming was about Sept. 11. It was like a George W. Bush/Rudy Giuliani mashup.

Democratic conventions always have lots of patriotism, but this year they put it in a higher gear.

Josh Barro put it well on Twitter: “The DNC is co-opting Republican tropes while maintaining Democratic ones because there is now only one political party for grown-ups.”

Hillary Clinton even gave a speech about the danger of giving one person too much power.