I thought that this was shaping up to be higher-energy night than Nights 2 and 3, but Trump's acceptance speech was just inexplicably long and not especially well-written or well-delivered. As I always say when we cover these things, that isn't meant as a prediction of how the public will react. But the Trump campaign is behind, and it could really have pared the speech down to, say, two major themes instead of running through the whole laundry list.
By Nate Silver
