So much to talk about but Trump grabs the attention again. I watched his speech presenting his child care plan last evening. It was reported that it wasn't shown on CNN or MSNBC but those who missed it should take a look on YouTube because it is surprising. Trump is presenting himself as the friend of the common man, something like Obama did in 2008 whereas Hillary has taken on the divider role as Romney did with his 47% gaffe in 2012.
Of course the visceral Trump haters will be strident critics, but his new entitlement proposal is also not going to be well received by the conservative intellectuals. For those of you of the liberal bent who do not look at sites like National Review or Wall Street Journal I can testify that you have many friends in those high places who dislike and denounce Trump as much as you do and are trying their best to see that he does not win. I am not as much in touch with the liberal side but, judging from the Bernie supporters who we saw during the primaries, there is at least a small percent who will not support HRC.
And yet, according to the polls, the race is close. Hillary of course has her coalition, minorities, academics, media and entertainment people, etc. But who is supporting Trump, if not standard Republicans? Let us discount out of hand the absurd contention of Hillary and Obama that he has collected all the haters in the country under his banner. That is ridiculous and insulting in the extreme. Judging by personal, anecdotal experience he's appealing to a lot of just plain regular people who are generally more interested in their personal lives than in politics and in fact are disgusted with what's going on in Washington. Some of them, if they voted at all, might have voted Democrat.
This election is unusual to say the least. It definitely is breaking up the old thought patterns in which one could tell a person's opinion down the line on every issue simply by knowing his political party. To my mind that's all to the good.
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