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CPAC: New Heights of Awesomeness

Posted on | February 21, 2025 | Comments Off on CPAC: New Heights of Awesomeness

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Watching Vice President J.D. Vance being interviewed on the CPAC stage by Mercedes Mercedes Schlapp yesterday morning, I couldn’t help but be impressed and encouraged. Vance is very, very good as a communicator, in a way that Donald Trump never has been. Certainly, many voters have been drawn into the GOP column by Trump’s rough-and-tumble style of rhetoric, and I’m happy about that — proving my long-held belief that Republicans needed a more populist style. At the same time, I think I’m not the only conservative who laments — what shall we call it? — the imprecision of Trump’s rhetoric. Accuracy matters a lot, when discussing public policy, and Trump’s tendency to boast and to pile on with superlatives when touting his own plans and accomplishments has always been problematic. He just says too many things that are either exaggerated or plainly false, and as someone in the communications business, I find it difficult to defend some of what Trump says.

J.D. Vance, by contrast, is an absolute ace communicator, and his skills in this department make me feel very hopeful for the future. Of course it’s way too early to predict what will happen in 2028, but if Vance is the next Republican presidential candidate, you like the GOP’s chances. All those college-educated suburban women who had problems with Trump are going to be easier to get with Vance atop the Republican ticket.

We are still just one month into Trump’s second term, and there’s no way of knowing what will transpire over the next few years, but if Vance is heir apparent of MAGA, the future looks very bright.



 

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