Donald Trump has at last assembled a team capable of winning this election.  This process began with the selection of Mike Pence as his running mate.  Ivanka and Jared Kushner apparently succeeded in convincing Trump that Pence, not Christie or Gingrich, is the seasoned political pro, with unimpeachable conservative credentials, that he needed.  It was Pence who convinced him to endorse Paul Ryan.  And Pence is no doubt behind the appointment of his confidante Kellyanne Conway as campaign manager.  The addition of Steve Bannon as campaign CEO, apparently in charge of messaging, completes the inner troika surrounding him. This all seems familiar.  Early in 1980, when Ronald Reagan realized that John Sears wasn't up to the job of running a presidential campaign, he turned to an old pro, James Baker, to right the ship.  Reagan's troika was Baker, Mike Deaver, and Ed Meese.  Mike Pence is the new Baker, Conway is the new Deaver, and...(Read Full Post)