August 19, 2016
Trump's Smartest Move
Depending on your perspective, the selection of Kellyanne Conway and Stephen Bannon to take over the leadership of a troubled Trump campaign is either the smartest political move ever or merely rearranging the deck chaise on a campaign ship that’s been taking on water.
Conway is a seasoned political operative whose Reaganesque leanings are a clear attempt to reach out to a GOP political base Trump will need despite his protestations. And, as she noted in the Washington Post, one does not reach out with name-calling and ad hominem attacks:
Conway doesn’t like the name-calling. “Maybe,” she said, “it’s just the mother in me.”
She also said she wants Trump to avoid criticizing people's looks and mental capacity.
Such actions as mocking one’s “lying” and “little” opponents and their appearance and entertaining the most bizarre of conspiracy theories is what spawned the #nevertrump movement....(Read Full Article)