SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THE CHIEF – AT 10:54 A.M. ET:  The polls have not been kind to President Trump, but one has just come out that might bring him some pleasure.  From Bloomberg: 

For a president with historically low poll numbers, Donald Trump can at least find solace in this: Hillary Clinton is doing worse.

Trump’s 2016 Democratic rival is viewed favorably by just 39 percent of Americans in the latest Bloomberg National Poll, two points lower than the president. It’s the second-lowest score for Clinton since the poll started tracking her in September 2009.

The former secretary of state has always been a polarizing figure, but this survey shows she’s even lost popularity among those who voted for her in November.

More than a fifth of Clinton voters say they have an unfavorable view of her. By comparison, just 8 percent of likely Clinton voters felt that way in the final Bloomberg poll before the election, and just 6 percent of Trump’s voters now say they view him unfavorably.

COMMENT:  America right now does not have a leading figure who attracts widespread bipartisan support.  We had that in Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan did attract Democratic votes in the person of the Reagan Democrats, working people who normally voted Democratic but who were fed up with the Democratic Party.  It was the new generation of "Reagan Democrats" who helped put Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

As far as Hillary is concerned, I think she's seen as a sore loser, and that image has never helped anyone.  She has presented one excuse after another for losing the election.  And her hints that she might run again have not improved her standing. 

July 18, 2017