COULD THIS BE? – AT 10:56 A.M. ET:  Is it possible that Donald Trump is making major gains among African-Americans?  From the New York Post:

Donald Trump is gaining support among African-American voters — whose enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton is eroding, a tracking poll released Saturday revealed.

Trump saw a 16.5 percentage-point increase in backing from African-American voters in a Los Angeles Times/University of Southern California tracking poll, up from 3.1 percent on Sept. 10 to 19.6 percent through Friday.

Meanwhile, the same poll showed Clinton’s support among that group plummeting from 90.4 percent on Sept. 10 to 71.4 percent.

Clinton’s nearly 20-point crash began Sunday, said Dan Schnur of USC. Sunday was the day Clinton was recorded collapsing while entering a Secret Service van at a 9/11 event.

The survey, which spanned through Friday, included the days in which Trump reignited the divisive “birther” issue — which critics contend is a thinly veiled attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the country’s first black president.

COMMENT:  We'll wait for confirming polls, but, if true, this could be the ball game.  We'll also wait for the first debate, a week from tomorrow. 

If the numbers are anywhere near accurate, they could mean that African-Americans, like many other Americans, are getting tired of being told how to vote, how to think, and how to live. 

September 18,  2016