The Re-Re-Re-Re-Reboot of Trump
MOLLY BALL 6:00 AM ET
NEW YORK—On Wednesday, Donald Trump gave, by his standards, a restrained and subtle speech.
... the Republican candidate referred to his opponent, Hillary Clinton, as “a world-class liar,” “maybe the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency,” and someone whose “decisions spread death, destruction, and terrorism everywhere.” And .. the speech was full of lies and half-truths. Yet Wednesday’s speech .. was nonetheless the most focused and cohesive address he has yet given ...
... as badly as Trump has faltered in recent weeks, voters have not necessarily flocked to Clinton as a result. Most national and swing-state polls show both candidates well under 50 percent, with Trump in the high 30s and Clinton in the low to mid-40s. A recent poll of Utah put Trump ahead of Clinton by 9 points, 36 percent to 27 percent—meaning a plurality of the electorate, 37 percent, was not for either of the two major candidates. (You might think this represents an opening for a third-party candidate, but just 12 percent had decided to support the Green or Libertarian ticket.) ...
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/the-re-re-re-re-reboot-of-trump/488516/