New polling shows Clinton vulnerable in swing states - and CNN recognizes just how bad it is

Despite the fact that team Clinton seems to be sticking with their "no polls show voters find Hillary untrustworthy" line, virtually every single poll reveals exactly the opposite. Mrs. Clinton's trust numbers are in the dumper, and they're consistently getting worse. The latest research to confirm this comes from Quinnipiac which, as CNN reports, holds an awful lot of bad news for Hillary's swing state hopes.

A majority of voters in three key presidential swing states view Hillary Clinton as not honest and trustworthy, according to a new poll out Wednesday. The Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll finds that by margins of 8 to 14 percentage points voters in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania are skeptical of Clinton's trustworthiness. In Florida, 51% of voters hold the negative view of Clinton, compared to 43% who feel she is trustworthy. In Ohio, 53% of voters find Clinton not trustworthy, compared to 40% who do. And in Pennsylvania, 54% of voters don't find her honest, while 40% do. ...Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the poll, said that Clinton is experiencing a "continuing slide" with how she is "perceived by voters who continue to say she is not honest and trustworthy."

This, obviously, is nothing new. It's just the continuation of a trend that will probably accelerate as we head toward 2016. Sadly, for Hillary supporters, it's also not the worst of the news revealed by Quinnipiac's data. The once-inevitable candidate is now extremely vulnerable to a variety of GOP rivals in a host of swing states. Check out the following clip. In it, a gathering of CNN talking heads frets about the now undeniable fact that decades of shady behavior are catching up to the former Secretary of State.

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Meanwhile, Hillary's people are telling you to ignore all that. They're not nearly as worried as these fine, upstanding, non-partisan journalists.

The Clinton campaign has said that they don't view public polling as reliable, but feel like Clinton's numbers are dropping because she entered the political arena after spending four years as secretary of state, a job many see as above the political fray.

...And that's just about the most ridiculous explanation you could hope to hear. Obviously, they're doing everything they can to avoid acknowledging that her tenure as Secretary of State is precisely the crux of the problem. The emails, the server, the secret address, the Foundation donations, and the lies about the YouTube video are among the main reasons that no sane person believes a word she says. Yes, the polls are early, but if you have no adequate response to the scandals that are dragging you down, you have no way to turn things around. As I've written before, if Hillary had a strong rebuttal to the myriad scandals that plague her, we'd have heard it long ago. She doesn't. So, she's clammed up and refuses to take questions. That makes her look even worse, but it's her only option since forthright responses would give gobs of ammo to her opponents. Her only hope is to sit back, wait, and pray that the GOP field destroys itself with a circular firing squad or a weak nominee. If Republicans put up a competent candidate who resonates with the base, or a viable dark horse Democrat emerges, Hillary's infamous glass jaw is poised to shatter just like it did in 2008.