Could Trumps sparring with the Khans have the effect Katie Couric had with Palin?

[ehrnst]

I'm dumbstruck by Trump's continued sparring with the Khan family. He's digging a deep hole and continues to digging. And the Khans are not backing down, with Ghazala answering him in a WaPo op-ed today.

I think the pollsters may have to conduct a new series of surveys, pre-Khan incident and post-Khan.

I expect a "Khan effect" greater than Katie Couric's '08 deflation of Sarah Palin's balloon. I'm in awe of these people. They have thick skin and incredible tolerance. And they may bring this jackass down harder than any of the tepid GOP field ever could.

[liberal N proud]

1. Trump is far thinner skinned than Palin

Should he continue to be obsessed with these true patriots, it will become much harder for some to support him. SOME!

Others see this as Trumph being true to he's hate of Muslims because they too join him in hate.

[DemonGoddess]

2. it's unfortunate that he is

attracting a subset of Americans who believe as he does. What I hope is that the reasonable Rethugs, and yes there are plenty (hubs is one) who were fence sitting move to Hillary because of this.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. That's true. Palin is just obtuse; sometimes she didn't even know

when she was being criticized. I never thought I'd see a political candidate less temperamentally or intellectually qualified than Palin to run for any public office, but Trump makes her look like Winston Fucking Churchill.

[beachbumbob]

4. More so than the palin fall out.....the claim of lack of presidential

Temperament is being proven without much effort

[catbyte]

5. It feels more like Romney & the "47%" speech recording--reinforcing the belief that Trump

is just too thin-skinned and narcissistic to be president. It's the same deal with Clinton's "can bait Trump with a tweet" line. That was the one most quoted because it resonated with people.

[IronLionZion]

6. The argument boils down to

Trump: Muslims are the enemy and can't be trusted.

Dems: Muslims are American too and have served and died protecting America.

Trump: No, they're not!

Dude's campaign is built on prejudice and bigotry and he just won't back down from it.

[mainstreetonce]

7. Oh this is so much worse than the 47% speech

Time for R leaders to speak out.

[Stuart G]

8. Yes.!!! nt

[griloco]

9. Hard to tell. Trump is like the chess player

Who plays 20 matches at once and wins them all, except Trump is boxer going from ring to ring and getting pummeled in them all.

[MohRokTah]

10. .

[LostinRed]

11. Your lips god's hears! n/t

[mahatmakanejeeves]

12. "Some people say" you can see Russia from the Trump Tower.

That's what I've been told.

It was on the internet.

There's something going on here.

[Doctor Jack]

13. Clinton warned that minor provocations can set him off, in her acceptance speech

His reaction to the DNC, and especially the Khans, is proving her point at the worst time for his campaign.