Hillary Loses Lead While Off 'Raising Money'

Good morning, Friends,

If it wasn't in the past, politics is now simply all about the money.

The money has become so important, in fact, that Hillary Clinton risked her lead in the polls to drop out of sight for more than a week to raise an obscene amount of it.

And the inevitable happened. Donald Trump went ahead in the polls. First, in two outliers but this morning in the highly-respected CNN/ORC poll.

Last Tuesday and despite all her problems, Hillary Clinton still had a comfortable lead.

But during Hillary's long absence, Trump met with a foreign president, spoke at an African American church, gave a controversial immigration speech, generally stayed on message and was on the stump every day. He and his campaign had made the noticeable 'pivot'.

Meanwhile, in swing states like Nevada, we've been watching the same anti-Trump commercial on TV ad nauseum. If we don't know by now that he doesn't have the temperament to be President, we've probably been sticking to Netflix.

Fear-mongering commercials in this day and age can only help so much. Trump being out there and dominating the narrative keeps him at the top of peoples' minds. And he's isn't coming across as all that scary.

The polls bear that out.

I find that when the news is extremely depressing, it always helps
to look at a cute kitty.

Hillary's going to face a string of serious email and Clinton Foundation issues between now and Election Day.

She's lost the momentum, and it's going to be hard, if not impossible, to get back. I don't even know how she can turn things around while she's battling so many distractions.

And they'll continue to dog her into her presidency...if she's somehow elected.

I told my wife back in March of last year, when the email scandal first broke, that it wouldn't go away and would ultimately lead to Hillary's undoing. I'll let you be the judge of that prediction.

Though I'm starting to sound like a broken record here, I'll ask once again: Will Hillary be a patriot and step aside?

Joe Biden is looking mighty presidential on Hillary's campaign trail and seems ready to step in.

My guess is her ego's too big. She'll fiddle while the Democrats go down in flames.