BasketOfDeplorablesGate

I guess I could go either way on making a statement about Trump's supporters.

On one hand, she's right, there's nothing she said that's not accurate, except perhaps that the 50% remark isn't 100% accurate (is it 50? 60? 70?, and does that really matter? It's a LOT of them).

On the other hand, it's whacking the hornet's nest, and maybe that's the wisdom behind the remarks. Maybe she has to throw gasoline on what's already there so that Trump explodes with something that won't be quite so easily forgiven.

My response, after looking at all sides of it, was that it was an interesting move. If she were running against Romney or Bush, I doubt she would have referenced their followers at all. But Trump's supporters are delusional and dangerous, just like Trump himself, and the thing that would perhaps serve her campaign the best would be to have the great orange whale expel everything he's got from his blowhole early, just go ballistic, so that he has nothing left.

Do we think that the Donald will lose it during the debates? As long as Clinton continues to refuse to take the bait, my educated guess is "yes." And if he loses his cool in an epic way, it will increase the number of people already concerned about him having access to the nuclear codes.

Things are getting interesting fast.