Who was that dull and respectable man on television last night?
'I suspect everyone is pleased to have the president toss aside his clown act, at least for one night'
Donald Trump finally gave a first-class nomination acceptance speech. Unfortunately, he's running about eight months behind what he needs to be doing now. After 40 days of presiding over a remarkably dysfunctional and chaotic administration, Trump didn't spend (much) time rehashing the election, bashing the media, or ad-libbing nonsense. There were a few whoppers, but my guess (before the fact-checkers do their work) is that for a convention speech addressed to partisans and curious independents, most of the exaggerations and misstatements were relatively normal. That, along with a couple of days without nutty stuff on Twitter, offers good news for those worried about his self-discipline.
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