Trump is constantly telling us how incompetent everyone who’s been steering the government is and how masterfully he’ll take the wheel. He’s incessantly crowing about what a brilliant business he manages.
.. This wasn’t just any speaker. This was Trump’s wife. The derision being heaped on her remarks is something that will burrow deep under his tenderly sensitive skin. It will turn an already-defensive candidate even more so. And it will leave his aides fumbling for the smartest response.
.. There is no sign whatsoever that Clinton had a hand in the detection of strangely familiar lines in Melania’s speech, and the assertion that Clinton feels threatened by Melania is somewhat less than persuasive.
.. After Monday night, that discomfort is bound to increase, and it could become more difficult than ever for the Trump campaign to turn to her as a surrogate who can cover some of the ground that her husband can’t.
Insiders: Hillary should pick Tim Kaine for VP
One New Hampshire Democrat — who, like all respondents, completed the survey anonymously — said Kaine “reinforces [Clinton’s] theme of competence running against an unprepared reckless opponent.”
.. And the Pence/Kaine exchange on Medicaid expansion and Obamacare will be priceless.”
.. Like Trump, she needs someone low key,” added an Iowa Democrat. “In her case, however, it’s because she just isn’t very exciting or a good campaigner and wouldn’t want a VP choice to steal the spotlight. Kaine fills that bill.
.. Iowa is the closest of the toss-ups right now, and choosing a beloved native son would be a significant blow to Trump’s efforts here.”
.. “Pence is as restrained, conventional, and palatable as his haircut,” added an Ohio Republican, who called the Indiana governor a “good counterweight to Trump’s undisciplined, unpredictable, and odd political coiffure.”
.. “Truthfully, this gets Pence out of a losing situation, so the [Republican Governors Association] is the biggest beneficiary,” the insider said.