On July 21, The New York Times published a for-subscribers-only newsletter, “The Tilt,” in which it analyzed the support of Donald Trump. For “anti-Trump Republicans,”… Read More »Donald Trump and the Dancing Midgets
As readers will be aware, Hillary Clinton recently experienced a very difficult few days. At the same time, the Trump campaign was working strenuously to normalize their candidate with a view to getting voters to ignore his more outlandish pronouncements and to focus on the failings of Secretary Clinton. There has in fact been a shift in the [national?] polls leaving Clinton only slightly ahead of Trump, or in a virtual tie with him. It is a matter of speculation as to whether, or to what extent, the polling reflects the candidates’ recent maneuvers and missteps or is more of a coincidence. Either way, however, it is a cause for anxiety for those of us who regard the possible election of Trump as a catastrophe in the making.Read More »Blog No. 113. Clinton’s Bad Week and The Attempt to Normalize Trump.