cnn still loves the don: 'Is Donald Trump softening his tone?'

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really cnn? where did this occur? oh, second paragraph explains: 'He hasn't done that yet. But there are growing signs...'

(CNN)Donald Trump may be finally gearing up to do what many Republican leaders have hoped: soften his rhetoric and pivot to the center.

He hasn't done that yet. But there are growing signs that the presumptive Republican nominee is aiming to make his campaign more palatable to a general election audience.

His campaign is putting the finishing touches on a policy memo that would change his proposed ban on Muslim immigration to the United States. Instead of focusing the ban on Muslims, Trump would ban immigrants coming from countries with known terrorism links, training and equipment.

Meanwhile, he's eased off his hardline language calling for deporting all undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.
The new tone follows several tough weeks for the Trump campaign as it has confronted a series of negative headlines that raised questions about his treatment of women and minorities and his temperament to be president. The big question is whether the softer tone is a blip that will soon be replaced by the familiar tough talk -- or a longer-term strategy that could help him take on Hillary Clinton.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/27/politics/donald-trump-campaign-rhetoric/index.html

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1. Any other candidate would be having last rites pronounced over his political career

But for some reason, CNN (the outfit that just hired Trump's former campaign manager) keeps looking for "the pivot" that will make Trump a palatable candidate. As if everyone will totally forget the last nine months as soon as he says something less objectionable for two days in a row.

I realize ratings rule everything and the talent on the teevee stations are immune to the vagaries of the political system, but damn! Can't you just say straight up that Donald J. Trump is a raving lunatic?

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2. You have to wonder if Corey L's signing with CNN is a well-timed

plant by The Donald and Corey L himself.

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3. the last sentence in the 4th paragraph......

The big question is whether the softer tone is a blip that will soon be replaced by the familiar tough talk -- or a longer-term strategy that could help him take on Hillary Clinton.

REMEMBER THIS IS REFERRING TO THE 'SOFTER TONE' THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET!!!!

such bullshit

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4. People don't change much at 70 years.

He's had 70 years to practice the bluster.

Lifetime habits of living are very hard to break, even though daughter, wife, sons, advisors, handlers may prompt and otherwise work on him to "soften".

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5. CNN needs a horserace to sell commercial time

If Trump changes his tune he is finished. He is finished anyway, but it if he gets reasonable - very unlikely - his idiot supporters will be betrayed and he will lose his base completely.

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7. MSNBC as well

they need to make it a race.
Its their jobs.
No matter how heinous Rump is.

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8. teevee gnewz WANTED GWBUSH to win & they achieved it.

BEWARE THE GNEWZ. they don't give a shit about anything BUT ratings.