US elections 2016: Why we shouldn’t count Trump out
Here’s what happened on the campaign trail the week of Aug. 15.
The presidential election is still far off, at least as time is measured in politics, and both candidates will have plenty of chances to fall victim to their own shortcomings.
RealClearPolitics’ latest average of national polls shows Democrat Hillary Clinton leading Republican Donald Trump 47.2% to 41.2% in the US presidential race.
It is actually remarkable that Trump is only down by a handful of points considering his lack of self-control and unexplained diarrhea of the mouth. This is the same guy who spent his first press conference as the Republican nominee talking about former rival Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
This week Trump’s campaign hired its third manager in three months, Kellyanne Conway, and named Steve Bannon chief executive. The second campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was demoted; he resigned Aug. 19.
