Steve Schmidt is a dedicated Republican strategist and smart fellow who helped manage Sen. John McCain’s campaign for the presidency in 2008.
I believe he has laid out with clarity what American political junkies need to wait for in the next few days.
It is that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton needs a significant post-convention “bounce” to put her in a position to make history by becoming the first woman elected president of the United States.
Schmidt said on MSNBC tonight that Clinton must lead GOP nominee Donald Trump by a large margin by the “middle of next week” or else “Democrats are going to be in trouble.”
So, we’ll wait for the public opinion surveys that well might tell us where this campaign is heading.
For my money, I thought Clinton’s acceptance of her party’s nomination did what she wanted it to do. I believe she wanted to cast herself as the anti-Trump. She did continue the brightness vs. darkness theme, painting the country in much more vivid hues than the Republicans did at their convention this past week.
Here we go.
Let’s hold on — with both hands — for what looks like will be a wild ride to the finish.