text:  Trend lines are what matter. We saw him take a hit in the polls, but not so big of a one that it takes him out of the game. Show me the polls next week. And if the trend line continues to show a decline, then there's going to be an even louder political argument to make against him. If it starts to stabilize, then that's going to confuse a whole hell of a lot of people and just change the nature of the conversation.