It's official. The unthinkable, according to the status quo earlier in the campaign, Donald Trump is the Republican Nominee

Although many wrote him off as a candidate, I never did; I always said he was being underestimated

I believed his message would resonate given how horrible the economy actually is and what is really happening beneath the headlines

Everybody was proclaiming recovery and that we're on the right track and I knew that that wasn't the case

I knew there would be a lot of dissatisfaction among the electorate on both sides of the aisle

Even after Donald Trump locked up the Republican nomination, everybody was still writing him off

The idea was, "He's going to lose in a landslide"

Republican establishment said, "Abandon ship!", distancing themselves from Trump to maintain the House and the Senate, writing off the White House

Maybe run against Hillary in 4 years

That was the general consensus

Again, I kept saying the the media and the political establishment on both sides were underestimating Donald Trump and the potential appeal of a Trump presidency

I think that the speech he gave at the convention really proves that point

I thought his speech was brilliant.

When I say brilliant, I don't necessarily agree with everything he said; I clearly don't

I'm talking about the political perspective

Was this an effective speech to set the tone of the campaign?

In that respect, I think he hit the ball out of the park

The most clever thing about his speech is he didn't go after the Republicans

He went after the Democrats

He went after their base; their core constituency

He is bringing the fight to their turf

He went for the women, he went for the minorities

Not just African Americans and Latinos, but the LGBTQ and the blue collar workers

Donald Trump did not go after the entrepreneur

He didn't promise to get government off your back and free up the businessman from red tape

That's a typical Republican acceptance speech

He said, "I'm going to be the champion of the little guy."

The downtrodden, the forgotten voter

"I'm your guy! The system has been rigged against you and because I have been part of the problem, I'm the only one who can deliver the solution"

I think this is a very powerful strategy

Because the Democrats have been taking their constituency for granted

What Donald Trump says is, "Why are you blindly supporting the Democratic nominee?"

What have they done for you? Nothing.

He will bring up the shocking statistics that have been getting worse under 7 years of Barack Obama

The horrible unemployment in the African American community

The inner city crime

The government dependency.  The despair.

Why are African Americans handing their votes to a Democrat?

The Democrats have let them down and failed them

Donald Trump will say, "I won't do that.  Trust me."

"I will deliver on the broken promises of generations of Democrats."

What about women?

Instead of denying the gender gap, he just accepted it.