just looking at the polls.
of course your response can be, well the polls are all baloney.
And that may be. But we won’t know till election day. (They weren’t baloney in either 2008 or 2012, even though many around here assured us they were, alas).
Moreover...as I pointed out previously...hilary has one issue, and one issue only. It’s that Trump is a scary racist.
Like it or not, this episode reinforces that narrative unnecessarily for those conditioned to look for evidence of his scary racism. And the media beating that 24/7 doesn’t help. The media is still very powerful with the American electorate.
Not at FR, of course, but in the country at large.
Finally...note that when all the previous gaffes happened (well, what the media told us were gaffes....), Trump’s polling numbers never budged. Sometimes in fact they went up.
This time is different, at least by that measure.
And polls are the only measure that we have at this time. Otherwise, we are just down to one person’s opinion and perception, and one person simply isn’t able to gather enough information about the country at large to know whether this comment helped, was ignored, or hurt.
If a crap sandwich is all you have at the time, do you eat it? Look... there are so many freakin' polls out there that simply cannot stand scrutiny. And sorry, the polls had their share of baloney, especially in 2012 and the current primary. Some off by 20 - 30%
Here is what we do know: Hillary is no candidate and her bus fiasco proved it.... In her only recent short tv interview she lied through her teeth - talk about reinforcing a negative image. And, the biggest proof of all is Obama feeling motivated to give an outrageous speech in a foreign country dumping on Trump.
Let's face it: half the people intending to vote for her can't stand her!
Moreover, what does being a scary racist really mean to most people who are now in revolt? What does the daily narrative mean to all the people who are now beginning to judge things basis their own personal circumstance?