I think this will be last great foray by the media and political establishment, Republican and Democrat, to rout Trump.
First of all you have to see how anemic the attack is. This decade old private banter is utterly TRIVIAL. It's the kind of repartee you get in locker rooms, frat houses, sports bars, road trips.. work camps and board rooms... where ever some men gather and this group personality takes over. It's full of bluster, bravado and bonding and means NOTHING about the values of the individuals involved.
You saw that in the video when Trump exited the bus and greeted the beautiful and provocatively dressed soap star respectfully, mentioning his wife's name to avoid any ambiguity, as a gentleman. He did not grope her or even pat her butt, he did not proposition her, something Bill Clinton would have likely done. Frankly in comparison Trump is man who resolutely accepts a 'No' from a woman. Bill is a serial rapist who never accepted the word NO
The video means nothing, and all those outraged by this are those solidly in Hillary's camp already.
The timing of this is significant. The Dems knew Wikileaks was posting emails this weekend which showed how beholden Hillary was to Wall Street... calling for self regulation of Wall Street banks and markets, a world with no borders to investment or trade, and a complete contempt for the American people's ability to comprehend the occult ethos of the Free Market, hence the need for a 'private' agenda.
She is every bit as radical a globalist as Bill Clinton.. maybe more so. So they threw this garbage out to distract from the real issues of the campaign. She is spawn of the Goldwater/Reagan/ Bill Clinton/Bush/Obama Neoconservative movement.. founded on elitism, globalism, classic liberal ecomics (free trade, regressive taxation, deregulation, privatization, monetarism), anglo-american imperialism absent any transcendent moral imperative.. that has ruled the world for 50 years and has brought it to tatters.
I don't think its going to work. I think Trump will hold his own in the debate tomorrow. He's no orator and not a debater, he doesn't have the method or tactics for either. He is a promoter and he is a survivor. All he has to avoid is being drawn into the gutter and down the rat hole that Hillary is baiting him into. Maintain the high ground, stick to issues, and don't get in cat fight with Hillary and he'll win the debate in the voters' minds, if not that of the media.
You have to wonder about this wild and desperate tone of the media and establishment. Why worry about Trump if his defeat is inevitable. The truth is their polls show how vulnerable and volatile the political landscape is. They know 70% of the electorate think the nation is going down the wrong path. They know Hillary is indisputably linked to the status quo and and that very path. That's a recipe for an upset.
Nigel Farage, the leader of the Brexit forces in Britain, noted that polls become very unreliable in turbulent times. The old polling landmarks and predictors disappear, new voters come into play, new voting priorities appear, demographic boundaries dissolve. It'll be the same in the U.S. election, and that would consolidate the Brexit vote as a pan Western phenomenon.
I still expect Trump to take 3 or 4 of Rust Belt Battleground States.. Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania.. the Salt of the Earth bellwether states.. Iowa and Hew Hampshire.. North Carolina (helped by Obama's imposition of unigender bathrooms in their schools).. the High Planes.... Arizona and Nevada.. which will given him an Electoral College victory.. prior to Florida coming in with a hair breadths of a decision, one way or the other, late in night.
Victory looms.. if Trump just keeps his cool in this Tempest in Teacup.