I don’t think he made a “splash.”
His history and his successes have made an impression and his talk showed he can walk and chew gum.
Now he needs to prove that his leadership can translate to the national stage and 2016.
Liberals will hammer the point that he doesn’t have a college degree, but that will backfire on them if he is the nominee.
The vast majority of voters don’t have a degree, liberals calling them stupid won’t go over very well.