Trump has made his pitch
by Dave Winer Saturday, July 23, 2016

What people don't get about Trump is that he's made his case to Republicans and independents and Bernie supporters. That's what the convention was for. That's it. We were worried it would be dark and ugly, and it was. And we're all still here. 

The man can sneer, but can he field an army? Really, seriously even the delegates are having second thoughts now that they're back home in their own reality. Conventions are a bubble. Reality feels very different.

And for the rest of us it was a TV show. I'm looking forward to watching Bojack Horseman. And a bunch of HBO stuff. And of course the DNC next week. I expect some great emotional politics coming out of there. Trump threw a fat pitch. Based on what we saw at today's rally the Dems know how to hit that pitch, and no one is going to help Trump get over that. Not the Republican Party, not the TV shows. He can rant and rave, but you know -- that was last season's hit. He needs a new thing.