[Carriage Hill]

“sweet reasonableness”

I think we’re way past that point in time.

[Ohioan]

You are never past that point, if you are trying to maximize your vote. We need, of course, to make sure that we win. But the effectiveness of what follows will depend in large part on the scope of that victory.

There are people who will rally to Trump because he shares their outrage. There are others who will rally to Trump because they do not want Mrs. Clinton. There are still others, however, who will hold back--maybe not even vote--because the media has scared them off. There is where the "sweet reasonableness" can literally add millions to the vote; particularly where coupled with the fatherly tone, and a step by step analysis of how really unsupportable was each of the smears selected to make the point.