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Saturday, August 20, 2016

Trump's path to success

He must appeal to voters eager to feel better about the nation

As both fans and critics await the next Donald Trump controversy, those of us who actually want to beat Hillary Clinton find ourselves trying to channel advice to him.

We sit in front of the TV, whispering: “Stay on message. Find some discipline. Revisit the issues where you are clearly better than she is.”

That’s quite a list. And if he deploys it with skill, we can spend less time wringing our hands over his word choices, and more time enjoying a message that can resonate broadly.

This did not turn out to be a year that welcomed a traditional conservative as the Republican nominee. This annoys many conservatives who wanted a standard-bearer more consistent and more energizing than John McCain or Mitt Romney.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

One small thing to remember, the Gov. of Louisiana requested no political visits for at least a week to deal with the emergency...Obama respected the gov's request....Trump went for a photo op, thereby diverting even more resources from the rescue and cleanup efforts...FACT....