‘He should have been mean.’
Positively not. I’ve been a Newt critique, but last night he was brilliant-off-the-charts.
Look at it this way. Trump needed three things: Cruz’ comments neutralized, the door left open for Cruz supporters to get behind Trump, and a loud and clear message sent that there is more unity than antipathy/dissent inside the convention hall.
Newt knocked all three out of the park. He turned Cruz’ comments into a Trump endorsement; he did so without unnecessarily ruffling a single feather of the Cruz supporters Trump hopes to absorb, and Newt did it all while making it appear that peace and harmony reign supreme at the convention.
Bravo, Newt; it was a tour de force.
critique = critic
Auto correct strikes again.
Newt knocked all three out of the park. He turned Cruz’ comments into a Trump endorsement; he did so without unnecessarily ruffling a single feather of the Cruz supporters Trump hopes to absorb, and Newt did it all while making it appear that peace and harmony reign supreme at the convention.
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Very well said.