trump is too persuasive for he is own good, right? it s very interesting timing that this poll comes out now as a way of saying, yeah, whatever the president s saying, you need to vote, forget the red wave stuff. maybe he clues in as well. he s a master at shaping this narrative. it is fascinating to me as somebody who covers him day to day to see how it s playing out in these numbers that people are believing him when he says, don t worry, we ve got this sewn up. there s an effect to that. i had a republican pollster say to me, i m not counting on trump because the trump voters doesn t like anybody in congress. when you have this conversation about a check on trump, they say, oh, trump is a check on the swamp. trump is a check on speaker pelosi, or speaker ryan. it also doesn t help you where most of these battlegrounds are, right? most of these battlegrounds are districts that are suburban, upscale districts, and more urban areas. the suburban the way the suburb suburban, colle
polarized. there are so many people who are hardened in their opinions on who they were going to support. and so clearly, the biggest problem he s going to have is what has always been his problem, which is white, suburb suburban, college educated women, who were horrified when they listened to this tape. 16 republican senators, many republican governors, many republicans of the house said they re not supporting donald trump. they re going to write in tim kaine. many calling for him to step out of the race. how do these remarks affect donald trump s ability to win, his ground game, his ability to get voters to the polls in ohio or utah? right. really, the problem is, we re focusing on, is kellyanne conway going to quit? is his top leadership going to quit? who are the people knocking on doors? who are the ones making the telephone calls? from what i understand in several of the states now, there is such frustration, that he is going to lose staff.