538: Clinton Regains All Lost Ground from Yesterday

[Doctor Jack]

To be fair, it wasn't that much. She went from 87% yesterday to 85% but the latest update shows that minor blip is completely gone, with her back at 87%. That means that clinton is still gaining ground, even though the convention ended 2 weeks ago. I think that all clinton has to do now is stand back and watch the final stages of the Donald Trump meltdown.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=rrpromo

[charlyvi]

1. I love their strategy.....just concentrate on policy mostly

then step back and let Trump destroy himself. Most efficient!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Very old battle saying: "Never interrupt your enemy while they are making a mistake"

Attributed to Napoleon, but probably older.

[pnwmom]

2. I can't wait for her post-debate numbers. If there is a debate.

And I doubt that there will be more than one.

[StevieM]

3. I am sure that there will be three debates because Trump needs them.

And I refuse to get over-confident about the debates. Bush did much better against Gore than anybody ever thought he would.

[MoonRiver]

4. Gore was not Hillary,

She'll be having Rump roast at those debates!

[pnwmom]

5. Bush did well because he was genial. That is not a strength of the don's. He'll be in pit bull mode

and it won't go well for him.

Hillary will put out some invisible bait and he'll come charging after it, making a spectacle of himself as he does it.

[Cresent City Kid]

9. Right

Also, the format is more strict than what passed for debates during the gop primaries. They need to get to work on the button that cuts his mic.

[peggysue2]

6. And the meltdown is real

Standard GOP talking heads throughout the day have been noticeably reluctant to rah-rah the Trump Train. His own surrogates are straining with the latest pronouncement: President Obama is the founder of ISIS; Hillary a co-founder. They can't even follow their own logic as in, was Trump's statement factual or metaphorical? Can't have it both ways.

Plus, there's the inconvenient fact that The Donald stated we needed to get out of Iraq. Which is the argument of 'why' Obama is the founder, even though George Bush had negotiated the withdrawal. Video testimony from Trump, statements contrary to what he's saying now is hard to refute. He whole-heartedly agreed to withdrawal (back in the day), said we should declare victory and get out as soon as possible.

The wheels are coming off, fast and furiously. Not pretty.

Sad.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. It's never that easy in anything

but one does not have to take risks when support is solid

Can't wait until Democratic surrogates hit the campaign trail in the fall