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"There's nothing worse in baseball than watching a towering home run ball hook foul," writes political consultant Keith Naughton. Last night Trump finally had his chance at the plate – "and he fouled it off." |
Trump's speech started off well, Naughton says. "The retelling of his near-death experience was powerful and lent him some vulnerability and humility." But then the wheels began to fall off. "The speech devolved into a typical Trump rally: a long set of criticisms, hyperbole and vague promises. Round and round he went, with nobody knowing when he would stop." Trump failed to put "real meat on the bone" of this policy proposals. For instance, he went "jabbering on" about "right to try" without "explaining what it is (it's the use of experimental drugs in emergency situations)." Trump made some good points. But, writes Naughton, they "were stranded in a morass of repeated catchphrases and riffing. That speech was a momentum-killer and a stupendously lost opportunity." Trump continues to lead in the polls but it's not because of anything he's doing. His campaign has been "coasting on Biden's bad news buffet, and coasting is no way to win an election." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Friday, July 19. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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Op-eds exploring key issues affecting the U.S. and world: |
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By Liz Peek, former partner at Wertheim and Company |
In coming months, the Trump ticket will try to convince voters that their plans to improve working people's lives make sense. They will push for less costly regulations, lower taxes and an aggressive program of developing domestic energy, all of which were cornerstones of the Trump presidency. Real annual income grew under Trump; under Biden it has declined. That says it all. |
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By W. Joseph Campbell, professor emeritus of communication at American University |
Other narrative-disrupting developments are not implausible, given the long history of October and November surprises in presidential campaigns of the past. Restraint is advisable in making predictions more than 100 days before an election. |
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By Gregory Wallance, former federal prosecutor |
Putin is hollowing out Russia's once great culture. Artists, actors, writers and musicians are fleeing, silencing themselves, disappearing or else succumbing to fear and using their art to glorify the "special military operation." |
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By Dennis Aftergut, former federal prosecutor |
Global freedom cannot survive a Trump/Vance alliance with Russia against Ukraine and its fighting people. For any Trump voter who thinks that Ukraine would be the end of Putin's aggression, the lessons of World War II affirm the opposite. |
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