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however, he did not say i m not getting into bill clinton. but he didn t say i am getting into it. he did not address it. i think that s something the campaign will be focused on today and tomorrow. he also mentioned, by the way, that he wants to make a speech tonight. he s looking for if they can pull it off, he wants to go give a speech tonight. he says he s got a lot of support, even though so many of the big republicans are now the establishment republicans are coming out against him. there s an avalanche of them coming out saying they re no longer endorsing him is that sort of like a dress rehearsal? is he seeing that as a dress rehearsal or does it pump him up with support? it s not a dress rehearsal for tomorrow s debate. tomorrow s debate is a town hall format. it would not be a dress
because they are hunkering down. and it s a crazy dynamic up there. you have kellyanne conway, the ultimate professional, who s great at messaging, but at the same time, you have roger ailes, rudy giuliani, and chris christie whispering in his ears, and they are all very aggressive people. when a scandal hits, you double down on it. that s not what donald trump can do right now, especially going into this debate, which is a town hall setting. so what they re probably preaching probably won t work. and he s signaling that he s probably going to go after president clinton. is that smart? no. because in a town hall format, it s not conducive to belligerent, bellicose, nasty, poisonous words. all clinton has to do is two things. she has to be the arsonist, she has to ignite his fire. because there s no evidence that he can control his emotions. and she quickly becomes the fire person, the fireman, and quietly and calmly assures the audience and this country that she can be commander
criticizing. is that like a dress rehearsal? is he seeing that as a dress rehearsal or that pumps him up with support to feel more mentally fit going into tomorrow s debate? i think it s not a dress rehearsal for tomorrow s debate. tomorrow s debate is a town hall format. it would not be a dress rehearsal for that. it s a way for him to get out positive themes, a different video from what everybody keeps watching. he wants to go out and show people, he has support and enthusiastic supporters. to be honest, in some ways, having all these establishment republicans come out against him fires up his base. his base belief that the establishment is what got them where they are. his base, which is largely a lot of, you know, blue collar americans and people who fill they are worse off than when president obama came in, they
we all know how mike pence has run in this race. the constituencies that are important to him, the community he came out of. this is a pivotal weekend we re going into. let s not forget that it s bookended sunday night by a primetime audience that may exceed the first debate. and a town hall format, one female, one male moderator. that traditionally favors the empathetic, it favors the tactile, it favors the retail politician. and finally, i ll appeal to your sense of history. and in plain english, the guy at the top often doesn t know if and when it s time to go. 1974, hugh scott of pennsylvania, barry goldwater of arizona, congressman john rhodes