This may be more wishful thinking than reality but it's starting to feel like the Trump juggernaut is losing steam fast and his followers are heading for a head-on collision with Buyers' Remorse. His recent comments on abortion are not those of a guy who tells it like it is, speaks his mind, isn't afraid to be politically incorrect and never backs down. That's one of the main things his cheering section says they like about the guy…and here he is trying to desperately dodge a question that every candidate for office has to confront.
Then he answers it badly — in a way that pleases no one — and his handlers have to rush out and say, "No, what he really meant was…" Today, he's out insisting that the perfectly clear question — "Should there be punishment for getting an abortion?" — was convoluted and confusing. That's the Sarah Palin excuse. When she gave a stupid answer, it was always the fault of the press.
People in this country care about the issue of abortion. They may care about it because they want to see it banned or because they want to see it safe and legal but they care and it also leads you to other issues like women's rights and sexual freedom and how much the government controls your body. If I were a Trump supporter, I'd be really, really disappointed in my guy for not having a firm, thought-out position on this. Seth Meyers has more…