With Donald Trump's numbers plummeting in the polls over the last few weeks, his campaign is now undergoing its second major staff change since the GOP convention in July, an event media outlets are now referring to as the Trump Campaign Shake Up. This started with Trump introducing Steve Bannon, a man known for his extreme right wing demeanor and guerrilla warfare styled political tactics as his new chief executive. In addition to this, Trump also picked up recently ousted head of Fox news Roger Ailes as an adviser as he heads into the up and coming presidential debates. This new shuffling of Trump’s campaign staff will take on a “nothing off limits” approach for taking down Hillary Clinton in the coming debates.
However, despite Trump's constant reshuffling of his staff, he is still plummeting in the polls in a way that would make November an embarrassing and short-lived month for Trump and the GOP. In direct reaction to this Trump is now trying to broaden his appeal by “softening up” or what some might call “flip-flopping” his views on immigration, a strategy which many of Trumps die hard supporters find more than unsettling. Instead of building a wall and throwing everyone out that he can, Trump now insists that the government can “work with” illegal immigrants in a much more “energetic” way then is being done now by the Obama administration.
Moving over the left side of the board, Hillary Clinton was in trouble again this week after the FBI discovered almost 15,000 new emails hidden by Clinton’s private server that Clinton failed to turn over after leaving office. In reaction to this, Clinton put the blame on her predecessor Colin Powell, claiming that he advised her to use a private account. Powell responded unhappily to Clinton’s accusations saying he was being used as a scapegoat and that Clinton had been using her private server for over a year before Powell sent her an advisory memo, which she didn't follow.
In other words, with now less than three months until the election things are shaping up to be less than thrilling and leaving most people in a sense of loss on who to vote for. Some voters have begun looking for third party options such as forerunner Gary Johnson. While others humbly stand behind their parties as they take embarrassing blows left and right on what seems like a weekly basis.
