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Fredericksburg on Saturday was the fifth speech in a row in which Trump eschewed the long-form winging-it of the past. It began with a national security speech in Ohio, followed by a law-and-order speech in Wisconsin, the I-regret speech in North Carolina, and a Friday night rally in Michigan.

For those who joined me in Fairfield, CT last Saturday night, that was likely the very last "free-wheeling" campaign speech we will ever see Mr. Trump give.

I will never forget that evening now just seven nights ago. It was about 120 degrees inside the building and we stood for hours in that barely ventilated and sweaty gymnasium. Then Donald Trump comes out an hour or so late and gives us 70 minutes of pure unadulterated Trump including of rapping on the dishonest media who are "disgusting human beings" and talking about how they swung their cameras around "like pretzels" when there was a protester (though there were very few that night). It was a raucous, rocking night in which Monica's blue dress was mentioned ("Thank God that dress was found!") and pointing out his security men and commending them for "bouncing that bozo out of here" (one of the 2-3 protesters that were ejected).

Sadly it was the end of an era but I was so glad to be there for it. The very last "pure" Donald Trump stump speech!

I'm thinking the following day (an off day for the campaign) was when Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway took the reins and since then, we've seen "Teleprompter Trump".

But it's not all bad. I think the speeches of the past week have been great and if that's what it takes to win this election, I'm all for it.

But I will always miss the old Donald Trump.