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Where is the Party?: Time for Democratic leaders to ‘fight with both hands’ or ‘step aside’
MSNBC·2025-08-30 19:20

Today we speak with some reverence about the US Constitution. The document remarkable for its time that established our democracy and still guides and informs our rights and freedoms to this day. But when the US Constitution was presented to the founding fathers for ratification, they weren't universally enthusiastic about it.In 1787, ever the optimist, 81-year-old Benjamin Franklin, delivered his final speech to the constitutional convention in Philadelphia. He had to convince several delegates to sign on ...