Trump is certainly more brash than Reagan ever was, but Reagan had the populist touch -- very effective speaker who had prepared remarks, and he delivered them quite naturally. Of course, he was a radio announcer for many years.
Several years ago, I picked up a great audiotape of the book entitled, How to Argue & Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Everyday.
It was written by Gerry Spence, a legendary trial lawyer (now 87).
One lesson in the audiobook I found particularly interesting was a court room case where Spence destroyed his opponent with fantastic arguments -- and was highly confident he won the case.
But to Spence's surprise, the jury went the other way and awarded the win to this opponent.
Spence learned a valuable lesson that day, for he realized that his attack was so one sided and devastating that the jury felt he was being unfair. They took pity on his opponent and awarded his opponent the case.
I think Trump's conciliatory tone at his post-Super Tuesday press conference shows Trump understands this lesson: don't win the battle in such a way that it burns bridges -- because you need to win the larger war.
Sooner or later Trump must unite the GOP party, independents, and working class Democrats to effectively lead the country.
