Clinton leaves 9/11 memorial early due to 'overheating' - Update: diagnosed with pneumonia

[Mister Mets]

The news about Hillary worries me, and makes me slightly more optimistic at the same time.

From a political standpoint, Hillary's health doesn't concern me much. If she's of sound mind, that's the main thing that matters. There is a question about whether Hillary should have run for President given her obvious weaknesses, and if she was sicker than she let on, that doesn't exactly help, but it's hardly disqualifying when her opponent is Trump. As a human being, I hope she's well, because it's just a better outcome for her and her family.

The part that worries me is that this might be an indication of Trump's political skill. One possibility is that he intentionally made some vague comments that could be reinforced by a multitude of situations, and forces the other campaign to take extreme measures to avoid a particular narrative. This would be shady but smart. However, for all I know, he recognized something in Hillary to point to this as a weakness to exploit. This would be the salesman more than the political savant, as a used car salesman can recognize a mark.

Even Donald Trump he has some insights into particular facets of human nature that allowed him to win the Republican nomination and zero in on a major weakness for a rival candidate, it doesn't erase his previous flaws or mean that he has no catastrophic blind spots. But it does raise the specter that the man knows what he's doing, which is a contrast to the last few months.

Note: I'm still likely voting for the guy in his early 60s who likes running marathons.