He lost his way a little, but in the final weeks he got on board with Pence campaigning hard for the top of the ticket. Between he and Walker the Hop might be building something in that state. Their relationship started very rocky. Its not ofte. The speaker of the house calls his party's nominee racist and sexist, or that the nominee then denounces him as part of the problem. But in the end this was a big part of a big night.


The unsung MVP award goes to Ted Cruz. We all remember the convention. It takes a lot of strength to get past what Trump tweeted about him and Heidi. It started with control of internet domains but he made inroads with trump leading to an endorsement and campaigning on his behalf. I think this had a lot to do with evangelical and scotus voters feeling comfortable enough to turn out for him and Levin advocating for him urging people to go vote.


There are others, this started to happen before the first debate and the release of the bush tapes, but we hit a wall of critical mass with republicans uniting behind an admittedly flawed nominee.

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