1. The NRA leader’s. Grade: A. Pretty good at firing up the base and treating the NRA as a champion of women.
2. Christie’s. Grade: C-. Christie is a neocon, and was the only speaker to make explicitly neocon talking points, especially condemning Russia and Assad. Even Cotton didn’t stoop that low. Disgusting.
3. Donald Trump Jr’s. Grade: A++. Very strong on the economy. Most economically substantive speech of the night. Great speaker.
4. West Virginia Senator’s. Grade: A. Strong emphasis on coal jobs and on Appalachian asabiyah. In the timeless words of Matt Yglesias,
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/755591216226562052
5. Avocado farmer’s. Grade: B. Probably the most impassioned speech of the night. Defended agricultural protectionism, condemned Obamacare. Comparatively substantive.
