Unfortunately, this year, due to the pandemic, “Chicago Tonight” isn’t able to be on the scene at the political conventions. In fact, as you probably know, there is no “scene,” as Democrats and Republicans have taken the conventions virtual.

So in order to get that old convention hall-feel, we reached into our archive. Here is former Mayor Richard M. Daley and Chicago Tonight’s Elizabeth Brackett at the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver talking about Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden.