 ACCORDING TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN DIRECTLY WITH HIM, HE'S BEEN CONTEMPLATIVE ABOUT THIS MOMENT, ABOUT HOW HE WAS PERHAPS AN INCH OR TWO AWAY, MAYBE EVEN LESS, FROM HAVING HIS LIFE ENDED. THIS IS SOMEONE WHO IS MUSING IN GROUPS IN PRIVATE, HAS HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AROUND HIM AT THIS TIME AS HE MOVES FROM BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY TO MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE PHONE, TAKING THE CALLS, NOT BEING PRIVATE AND JUST WITH HIS FAMILY AT THIS MOMENT, REALLY TALKING TO FRIENDS