At the end of their grim convention, the Democrats formally nominated Biden.  A fragile-looking Biden gave a short, anodyne stump speech that garnered enthusiastic praise from Democrats grateful that he didn't get confused or say, "You know, the thing." Republicans did things differently.  They nominated Trump on the first day.  Trump then appeared in North Carolina before a small, live audience and, showing his usual boundless energy, Borscht Belt comic timing, and mastery of the material, gave a 52-minute stemwinder.  Trump could not have presented a starker contrast to Biden's geriatric minimalism. From the start, Trump was on fire.  He opened by dropping a hint that, in the Russia Hoax investigation, we should expect more revelations and possibly more indictments. Pivoting to campaign mode, Trump told the audience that a successful country is a unified country.  He was enthusiastic about an...(Read Full Post)