Trump's Madison Square Garden speech was a tour de force -- so no wonder Democrats tried to distract from it

Trump's Madison Square Garden speech was a tour de force -- so no wonder Democrats tried to distract from it: Capping off his campaign, President Trump boldly took the stage at Madison Square Garden Sunday, laying out a message addressing Americans' dearest hopes for a better country.

I heard most of the speech, on and off while cooking dinner, often just stopping to listen, and was extremely impressed by its scope, its fresh material (he wasn't repeating old campaign speech material off the cuff) and its pride in America and its broad, welcoming tent. This was the speech of a president, not a puppet campaigner.