Paul Manafort, the campaign chairman who was pushing Trump to become a more disciplined nominee in the mould of traditional politicians, is widely being seen to have been demoted. Lewandowski’s ouster was meant to end an approach he had pushed—Let Trump be Trump, a plain-speaking outsider, not afraid to sound politically incorrect and go off-message. He had to pivot, Trump agreed with his family and advisers. And Conway, a pollster and strategist who was already working with the Trump campaign, is expected to help the campaign with women and suburban voters as campaign manager. Also, as Richard Grenell, a Republican strategists pointed out to Hindustan Times, “Putting a woman (Conway) in charge of the campaign shows real change for Republicans.”

Source: Hindustan Times August 17, 2016 16:07 UTC