Many people, including people who know  lot about politics who I respect, seem to think that Hillary is a shoe-in to be elected President.   I don’t.  I keep being told that the Democrats start out with 47% of the vote and only Colorado, Virginia, Florida and Ohio are in play, and I just don’t buy it.  I said it before and I’ll say it again, there is an opening for a conservative populist candidate who will win States previously thought to be out of Republican control.  The proof is Donald Trump.  Don’t get excited.  I don’t foresee Trump as the nominee, despite the showings he makes in the polls.  Understand, Trump is popular, not because people like Trump the man, but because people like the message of Trump.  The message is popular because it’s different.  Many voters are simply sick and tired of politicians who spend the bulk of their time trying not offend anyone, and constantly apologizing, “if anyone was offended.”  Some people are always offended.  Some people always pretend to be offended.  They know the mealy-mouthed apologists will always apologize when they are prompted to do so.  What is refreshing to voters, is a candidate who actually tells you what he believes, and if you don’t like it, he tells you you can lump it.  Candid speech is not the problem.  Candidates who assume that they shouldn’t take any position on any issue are the problem.  That’s what Trump provides.

Hillary?  She lies, she hides, she dissembles, she evades, and at the end of the day, she’s still a criminal, who doesn’t possess one tenth the ability that her criminal husband had to fool 43 or 48% of the people some of the time.  Her unfavorable rating is now 51%.  Once the Democrats figure out she’s a liability, they will cut her loose as fast as they did in 2008.  Republicans need to nominate a candidate who will say what he or she means and mean what he or she says.  People are thirsting for a real leader.  It’s really not that difficult.