August 19, 2024

ABC News speculates how President Joe Biden will approach his speech on the opening night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. They called upon Harris Professor William Howell as a source. 

All signs pointed to him wanting to have delivered that acceptance speech but the road was closed by funders, by the public, by the media, by key power brokers within the party, and so he's having to switch up and it's awkward," said William Howell, an American politics professor at the University of Chicago.

Read the full story here: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-dnc-moment-opening-night-speech/story?id=112892283

William Howell
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William Howell
Director of the Center for Effective Government

William Howell has written widely on separation-of-powers issues and American political institutions, especially the presidency. He currently is working on research projects on Obama's education initiatives, distributive politics, and the normative foundations of executive power.