Maybe we're getting a glimpse of how this election will wind up. For certain, we are getting a clear picture of a key feature of it.
No matter where any of three of the four candidates are percentage wise, Donald Trump is mired at between 40 to 42 percent. He can't, or maybe doesn't want to, budge the needle.
Meanwhile, with Hillary Clinton back on the campaign trail in earnest, her numbers have moved five points past The Donald in this morning's NBC/Survey Monkey poll, which is one of the more reliable.
This is beyond the margin of error, and indicates a swing. The Clinton campaign must be breathing a sigh of relief.
The results of Donald Trump solidifying his base, while not reaching out beyond it, are finally being seen.
The bevy of Democratic heavyweights, including both President Obama and First Lady Michelle, who have been campaigning for Hillary are also having their effect, along with the large cadre of top Republicans endorsing her.
Perhaps sanity is returning.
It didn't help that Donald Trump, Jr., a chip off the old block and an instrumental part of his father's campaign, had several enormous gaffes in the past week that may have actually chinked his dad's armor with undecideds.
You may have heard about his retweet of a white supremacist cartoon with mascot Pepe the Frog, or his "gas chamber" comment, which rattled the Anti-Defamation League. Yesterday on social media, he compared Syrian refugees to a bowl of Skittles.
Junior memed about it, "If I told you three would kill you, would you grab a handful? That's our Syrian refugee crisis."
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| When you can buy anything in the world you want, people and Skittles take on pretty much equivalent value. |
That didn't go over very well with 'a lot of people' including the vice president of Wrigley Co., Denise Young, who tweeted that re-Donald should know the difference between people and candy.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
As you know, I'm not a Hillary Clinton supporter. But at least I wouldn't lose any sleep at night if she were in the White House.
It's obvious that Donald Trump gets some weird satisfaction over making people crazy. That's okay when he doesn't have any real power over them.
But think about putting your life in his hands. Now, think about putting your children's lives there.
Have a good day.
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