Republican National Convention the centerpiece in a whirlwind week of American politics

MILWAUKEE — It started with a murmur, growing louder, among Democratic allies of Joe Biden, asking him to call it quits. It exploded with the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. And it dragged on with the Republican faithful rallying around him for a third presidential nomination as the whispers around Biden began reaching something of a crescendo. The last week in national politics, in a year already fraught with the type of high-stakes drama Americans have come to expect in the last eight years, has been a singular type of whirlwind — one, perhaps, leaving even more questions about this year’s election than it started with. “These are the times you read about in the history books of our country, wondering, ‘What was it like to live in such a time?’” Jerry DeWolf, an Republican National Convention delegate from Washington County, said during a jubilant moment for his party Thursday night. Trump finished his Republican convention with the party stalwarts fully behind him. Biden ended it with Democratic heavyweights like former President Barack Obama and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly saying his chances at success are dimmer. Former primary opponents like Nikki Haley — once questionable about whether she...