“Trump’s a goner,” said friends of mine in Washington DC, in the aftermath of the surfacing of the old tape of him talking salty like a sailor, and before Sunday night’s debate. Friends who are pretty good at politics and who’ve generally been fair in their estimations of Trump. But, hey, even these folk breathe the air Inside-the-Beltway, so they’re susceptible to the oppressive groupthink and industry town-driven agendas that are DC. Outside the Beltway is another matter. The old Trump tape is off-putting, but it making Trump a “goner” isn’t what’s on people’s minds. Yeah, this is anecdotal. The polling has yet to capture public sentiment adequately. But the betting is Trump’s potty mouth moment strikes him only temporarily. More tapes surfacing? You get shock value once -- unless what the anti-Trump cadre offers next can top the first significantly. Doubtful. But they can always lie (more on that...(Read Full Article)