Morning Jolt: The GOP Isn’t Giving Up

On the menu today: a surprisingly strong opening night for the Republican National Convention, a reminder that the final polls in 2016 of the swing states weren't that far off from the final results, and the latest scandal involving Jerry Falwell Jr. feels like a trip down memory lane to the rise and fall of the televangelists of the late 1980s.

Hey, the GOP Still Has Some Fight Left in It!

Most Democrats probably didn't watch the Republican National Convention last night. Those that did probably thought it was schlocky, jingoistic, dishonest, and ridiculous nonsense.

But any Democrat who understood that the convention wasn't aimed at convincing them — a fact that vast swaths of Washington political journalists are just incapable of grasping — should watch the programming and feel just a little less confident about November. Not panicking, just a recognition that the Trump campaign and GOP still have some fight left in them, and a message that could easily resonate with large-enough pluralities in enough states to reach 270 electoral votes.

I still would have cut Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY August 25 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY August 25 2020 The GOP Isn't Giving Up On the menu today: a surprisingly strong opening night for the Republican National Convention, a reminder that the final polls in 2016 of the swing states weren't that far off from the final results, and the latest scandal involving Jerry Falwell Jr. feels like a trip down memory lane to the rise and fall of the televangelists of the late 1980s. Hey, the GOP Still Has Some Fight Left in It! Most Democrats probably didn't watch the Republican National Convention last night. Those that did probably thought it was schlocky, jingoistic, dishonest, and ridiculous nonsense. But any Democrat who understood that the convention wasn't aimed at convincing them — a fact that vast swaths of Washington political journalists are just incapable of grasping — should watch the programming and feel just a little less confident about November. Not panicking, just a recognition that the Trump campaign and GOP still have some fight left in them, and a message that could easily resonate with large-enough pluralities in enough states to reach 270 electoral votes. I still would have cut Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle ...   READ MORE

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