In every sense of the word, Trump absolutely killed it last Tuesday at the SOTU.  Sitting behind President Trump, watching him master the room, the grimace of Pelosi's face betrayed the culmination of a dawning revelation that unsettled her, and it was this:  Trump is really, really good at this.  Optics.  Stagecraft.  Working the crowd.  On a stage, he's untouchable.  All her political prowess at crunching poll numbers, strong-arming legislation, and setting media narratives felt impotent.  For the first time, Pelosi comprehended not only the potential of Trump's ingenuity, but also the fact that she had been decisively outmaneuvered by it.  For the first time, Pelosi realized Trump was not the incompetent harlequin her sycophants snottily assured her he was, but rather a skilled operator with an instinct for reading the mood of a crowd and, indeed, of a nation.  But the owl of Minerva spreads its wings at dusk, and...(Read Full Article)