Currently Hillary Clinton has 120 million dollars in her superpac. This is money, more or less, for ripping up your opponent in commercials. Donald Trump has 2 million dollars. Hillary is using some of that money, at present, in battleground States. Trump is running none. Same strategy that worked against Mitt Romney. Seek and destroy early…so to speak.
Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell, in his new book, says the three most important words in running a campaign is CASH ON HAND. That’s where the Trump is going to lose if…comes from. McConnell said Sunday he supports the Republican Presidential candidate, but failed to endorse him. If Trump can’t get away from his business interests and start raising money big time, he is going to be a goner as the Republican nominee. And Trump has made it clear he really dislikes asking others for campaign money. Leaders like McConnell and Paul Ryan in the House will do whatever it takes to stop Trump at the convention unless major changes occur. Likely, plans for a different candidate are in the works now at the convention merely three weeks away in Cleveland. Surely mechanics of the change are being worked upon. Not an easy assignment.
New poll numbers out today are ominous for Trump. ABC News poll has Hillary at 51% Trump with 39%. Their last poll had him up by 2%. NBC News poll has Hillary with 46% and Trump with 41%. Their last poll had Mrs. Clinton up by 3%. Looking even worse is his support from Republicans has dropped from 85% to 77%. And 64% of those polled believe he is not qualified to be President. “The Donald” had two weeks before Hillary clinched the nomination to “make hay”, so to speak. Instead he frittered it away with racist comments about a judge in a case that had nothing to do with the campaign. He has gained nothing from the Orlando Islamic terrorist attack. Plus a business trip to Scotland.
While his new campaign manager, Paul Manafort, appears to have Trump on the correct path, one can’t be sure Trump is all that thrilled with having to read speeches off of a teleprompter. And it shows. He needs work on it. The question is can he keep Trump on message and free from winging it on issues and making more mistakes. In his Sunday column, Jonah Goldberg, says Trump is lying about having ten billion dollars and says every financial expert agrees. Forbes has him with 4.5 billion and Bloomberg says it’s below three billion. Says Goldberg “most of the billionaires hold the theory that Trump never expected to do this well. It was P.R. stunt that got out hand. The dog caught the car and now doesn’t know what to do with it.”
Fox New pundit Greta Van Susteren says the election will be decided by the debates before the election. The heavily watched, all important, first debate standing along side Hillary Clinton, she feels is the key to everything. Very high risk even if Trump is still around. The best thing Trump has going for himself is most Americans feel our Country is headed in the wrong direction…a la the UK surprising vote.
Returning to political columnist Jonah Goldberg, who writes like he thinks Trump is a blow hard, “If Trump really has 10 billion dollars, spending one billion is no sacrifice. The Founding Fathers pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. Put your money where your mouth is. Surely America is worth a tenth of your alleged fortune.”
Mighty tough talk. Trouble is Goldberg is likely correct. Donald Trump is never going to spend one billion dollars of his own money. President or not. Ready or not, be prepared for an “anything can happen, convention.” Where’s the FBI when you need them.
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