Dan Balz writes politics for The Washington Post and tries harder than most of their reportorial staff to show balance in his work. Today he writes that Trump is in difficulty less than three months before the election, practicing the politics of subtraction by driving away voter groups he needs to reach a majority.
For all that I hate the prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency, Balz does a fair job of convincing me I'd better face that distinct possibility. Of course, we're just one well-timed terrorist horror away from shoving the electorate in Trump's direction.
It is possible Trump will become this generation's William Jennings Bryan. Bryan was a populist of great personal magnetism who repeatedly tried and failed to be elected president. It doesn't often happen that populists gain a majority of the American electorate.
