Republican Convention: Live Coverage Of The Final Night

I basically had two questions about Trump’s speech when I first read it this afternoon. First, the delivery. Could he make it sound natural while reading a speech like this from the teleprompter? I think the answer to that is basically “yes.” My second question was whether he could go so far down the law-and-order path, and deliver a speech with so much invective, but also have it function as a normal presidential acceptance speech? I think the answer to that is basically “no.”

A quick search of convention speeches going back to Reagan suggests that, at least among Republicans, mentioning who has endorsed you is not standard in a nomination speech.

While Trump has stayed close to script, he’s gone off sometimes. He just applauded for himself for at least the third time this evening and joined the crowd in chants of “U.S.A.” for at least the second time.