Republican Convention: Live Coverage Of The Final Night

Micah, on whether Trump should run more exclusively as a populist: I don’t know. It’s like a football team that has a much better running game than passing game and decides to abandon its passing game entirely. Almost everything is a run up the middle, occasionally with a run off-tackle. They’re playing to their strengths in one respect, but they’re severely limiting their strategic flexibility down the line.

“We’re going to win, we’re going to win fast!” was another ad-libbed Trump line, as you might have guessed.

No doubt, the past eight years have been rough for young Americans. But the economy is finally starting to improve for young adults. This year’s college graduates face the best job market in a decade. The unemployment rate for young grads is now below 6 percent, close to where it was when the recession began.