Last night, while watching Donald Trump's speech, I realized two things. The first was that the so-called "conservative pundit class" would hate his address. The second is that this election is now Trump's to lose.
On the first point, I was proven right before the speech even ended. A quick glance at Twitter confirmed that the usual cadre of east coast, RNC faithful, talking heads were trashing Trump. His speech was "too dark," or it was "negative," or it was "fear mongering." Folks like Red State's Erick Erickson spent the night comparing Trump to Hitler, while others mocked the candidate's appearance mercilessly.