THAT'S ALL? – AT 11:08 A.M. ET:  Hillary Clinton leads by only four points in the Washington Post/ABC News poll out today.  With all the pounding Trump has taken, and his own disorganized, sometimes bizarre defense, you'd think Clinton would be running away with it.  From WaPo: 

With three weeks until Election Day, Hillary Clinton holds a four-point lead over Donald Trump in the race for the White House, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, with the Republican nominee hobbled by persistent perceptions that he is not qualified to be president.

The poll was conducted during one of the most tumultuous periods of Trump’s candidacy, after the release of a video in which he spoke about taking sexual advantage of women and during a time when numerous women have accused him of sexual misconduct.

Nearly 7 in 10 respondents believe Trump probably made unwanted sexual advances, and a majority say his apology for boasts about forcing himself on women on a hot-mic videotape was insincere. Nonetheless, the controversy appeared to have had only a minimal impact on his overall support.

Overall, Clinton leads Trump by 47-43 percent among likely voters, a slight edge given the survey’s four-percentage-point error margin. Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson has the support of 5 percent, and Green Party nominee Jill Stein is at 2 percent. Among registered voters, the poll shows a similar four-point margin, with Clinton at 44, Trump at 40, Johnson at 6 and Stein at 3. In a two-way matchup, Clinton leads Trump by 50-46 percent among likely voters and by 50-44 percent among registered voters.

COMMENT:  Trump is running a pathetically poor campaign.  As Karl Rove suggested, he should have answered the charges of women who have suddenly come forward to accuse him of improper sexual advances, announced he would discuss the matter no further, and gone on to hit the issues of deepest concern to the American people, the economy and terrorism.

As we've said before in this space, any decent Republican candidate would have probably put Clinton away by now.  Everything that comes out about her in the Wikileaks releases shows a deeply flawed, conniving individual with little regard for the truth.  She won't "win" the election, but Trump will probably lose it because of his sheer obnoxiousness.  What a pathetic situation for a great nation.

The last presidential debate is Wednesday night.  Trump will have to have the debate of a lifetime to turn this around.  He did well in the last debate, and maybe he can pull it off.  But the election is three weeks from Tuesday.  He's running out of time, and the liberal press probably has more ammo ready to fire against him.

October 16,  2016