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Has the 2020 presidential election hit the reset button in the closing days?  Perhaps. Armed with multiple rounds of polling data, Democratic operatives and their media agents have been basking in the glow of what they feel will be an almost-landslide victory for former Vice-President Joe Biden on November 3.  Although I never feel overly confident about any election, my spirits have dampened some on the prospects of a Trump win.  The multitude of forces arrayed against him are staggering and their fundraising prowess cannot be ignored.  In fact, it’s not ignored. While the hard-Left leaning mainstream media packs the water for the whole anti-Trump movement, the even-harder Left leaning social media monopoly is now doing its part to silence their opposition.  Just ask the New York Post, which, as of Friday, was on Day 8 of being locked out of their own Twitter account for conducting well-sourced reporting about Biden corruption.  White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany knows a little about this as well.  Welcome to the new gatekeepers of our “woke” society.

Despite this onslaught, there are some indications that the election could be going through a last-minute reset - assuming the polls were mostly correct in projecting Biden’s big win to start with.  

Scott Jennings, a well-known political guy from Kentucky (CNN contributor, partner in RunSwitchPR, etc.) received this message from friend following Thursday's debate (Republican female but not a Trump fan):    

“Dude.  Trump reassured anxious Rs like me tonight.  Maybe it’s too late, but I think a lot of Rs will come home after this.”  

This is encouraging.  The number of Republicans opposing the president has been grossly exaggerated as he enjoys well over 90 percent support from the GOP rank-and-file, notwithstanding the high profile “never-Trumpers.” His temperament can be challenging at times for sure, but on policy President Trump has been one of the most orthodox Republican presidents/politicians in my lifetime.  With few exceptions, he has worked against strong headwinds to implement many of the policies that life-long Republicans have said they support.  Other presidents have been smoother of course, more polished, with a greater command of the English language, trained in the law, and artists of linguistic manipulation.  Those characteristics may make some folks sleep better at night.  Others talk; Trump has delivered on policy.  

I suspect the voter described above by Mr. Jennings is similar to many others - some Republicans, moderate Democrats, and a swath of Independents.  Too late to matter?  Possibly but there may be a momentum moving his way.  

Other things point to a possible reset in the election trajectory.  From Thursday's debate performance and contrast, most are giving President Trump high marks in both content and delivery.  What about Biden’s seclusion where he stays hidden for days and routinely puts “lids” on his campaign before noon? This may be part of his grand strategy and it may work but nobody has ever attempted to run a campaign like this, at least in modern times.  But, his media allies permit it.  They also provide cover for the ever-evolving scandal involving Biden, his son, a laptop, now cell phones, emails, and a host of foreign actors - including China.  More evidence of the Russia/Ukraine fiasco drips daily and seems to suggest some very shady actions on the part of the former president’s administration toward then President-elect Trump following this 2016 election.  Other factors seem to be permeating as well, such as legitimate concerns of Biden’s physical and mental preparedness for the stresses of the office and his inability to keep the progressive elements of his party at a distance.  

One additional decisive factor might have gone relatively unnoticed through this campaign.  It is illustrated by a Thursday opinion article in The Wall Street Journal.  It was written by Red Jahncke and is titled “Trump’s Blue Line Could Breach Biden’s Blue Wall.”  Here is an excerpt:  

"The nation’s largest police organization, with 355,000 members, is the Fraternal Order of Police. Patrick Yoes, the national group’s president, tells me every officer in the FOP has a vote. The process starts with officers voting at 2,100 local lodges, each of which votes at the state level. Then, at the national level, the states each cast a vote. This year the national vote was unanimous for Mr. Trump. Also endorsing Mr. Trump are the National Association of Police Organizations, with around 241,000 members, the International Union of Police Associations (100,000), and the Police Benevolent Association of New York City (24,000), the largest big-city police union—its first-ever presidential endorsement."

The subheader of the piece drives home its potential political impact:  “Democrats have sided with Black Lives Matter. Police have noticed.”

Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin unnecessarily provoked teachers across the state during his term and he paid the price for it politically.  Has Biden and his progressive allies done the same with law enforcement across the nation?  Maybe, maybe not, but there are some parallels there.  

To be fair, many of these factors have been around for awhile now but it seems that some voters may be sobering up a bit from their anti-Trump stupor and are now considering the very real prospects of a Biden-Harris (Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez) administration and what this may mean for this country if their stated agenda is actually implemented.  Polling accuracy?  A reset election?  Nobody knows for sure but we’ll hopefully find out soon enough.  Go vote. 

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