Will Trump get on message, get off the reckless insult-fest and broaden his appeal?
Anyone watching his “endorsements” of Arizona Sen. John McCain, Speaker of the House and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte could not have been impressed with the Republican re-set. Trump spoke from–and looked directly at–his bare-bones notes. His delivery was flat. The references were shoe-horned into the middle of a “speech” primarily devoted to attacking Hillary Clinton. Not even Paul Manafort could have found it convincing.
Can Trump rein it in, honor political gravity, laser-focus on the economy, immigration and Clinton, replace bluster and bromides with data and details and broaden his appeal? Can a scorpion change its identity?