DEMS WORRIED SICK OVER SICK HILLARY – AT 9:31 A.M. ET:  She was never that popular among Democrats to start with, and her current illness, and the deceptions surrounding it, have increased antagonism toward her in the party.  How far will this go?  From Bloomberg:

Eight weeks from Election Day, Democrats are feeling queasy about Hillary Clinton's narrowing national and battleground-state lead over Donald Trump.

A race some had considered a layup for Clinton on Tuesday showed Trump within 2.5 points in the RealClearPolitics average of polls. The Democratic presidential nominee's stumbles over the weekend—from a botched response to a health incident to having to partially disavow her comment slamming “half” of Trump's supporters—has heightened concerns.

“I'm totally afraid. Donald Trump definitely has the chance to win. It's really close. Closing here in Pennsylvania and Florida,” said Clinton Barnes of Philadelphia, who attended President Barack Obama's rally there Tuesday for Clinton. “It's all spooky.”

“Hillary's been her own worst enemy,” he said. “People think she's dishonest.”

After an incident Sunday when her campaign brushed off rumors that something was amiss until a video clip showed her dizzy and stumbling into a van after a Sept. 11 commemoration event, former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell said Clinton would help herself by being more transparent.

“My advice is be transparent about everything and get it out early, because you minimize the damage you'll do by getting it out early,” Rendell said in an interview. “Getting things out early is always the best policy, whether you're a candidate or whether you're in public office.”

Rendell said he was “guardedly optimistic” Clinton would still win the election.

The disclosure that she had been diagnosed with pneumonia was a quintessentially Clintonian stumble, with her instinct for secrecy proving more damaging than the facts of the situation. Her campaign later confirmed Friday's diagnosis and her top spokespeople acknowledged they shouldn't have kept reporters in the dark for so long after questions were raised about why she had to leave Sunday's memorial abruptly.

COMMENT:  The polls right now are going in Trump's direction, but we still have almost two months to go before the election.

Clinton says she'll be back campaigning tomorrow, but to what degree?

The big date is September 26th, only a week from Monday.  That is the night of the first debate.  There will be three debates, but, if Hillary performs badly, or appears confused, it will be devastating, and possibly fatal to her campaign. 

September 14, 2016