Will Trump abandon his bid for the White House as allegations multiply?
He's limping towards the finish line. But here's the problem: There are still 26 days to go and the allegations about Donald Trump are continuing to batter his campaign.
So we are left with the most extraordinary question we've ever asked about a Presidential candidate.
Might he simply abandon his bid for the White House, voluntarily stepping down as the Republican nominee and plunging America into political turmoil?
The list of his accusers is rapidly multiplying and the Trump campaign is exerting all its efforts on containing the firestorm.
Forget trying to win at this point. We are talking about survival.
There are the New York Times allegations: Jessica Leeds says she was sexually assaulted on an aircraft by Trump; Rachel Crooks claims Trump harassed her in an elevator, kissing her forcibly.
A writer for People magazine, Natasha Stoynoff, says that in late 2005, during an interview with Trump, the tycoon also forced himself on her.
There are further allegations in other newspapers and by other TV networks.
And there are reportedly more damning tapes just waiting to be leaked from the vaults.
Trump's response is familiar: deny everything and threaten legal action.
But this is a presidential campaign. This is mid-October.
Americans across Ohio and other key battleground are already engaged in early voting. This election is underway.
Establishment Republicans are embarrassed and humiliated.
Trump loyalists are defiant and angry with the mainstream media, many believing this is a giant conspiracy.
Even if Trump steps aside - and to be clear, there is no indication he will - America will have spent two years and billions of dollars engaging in an election campaign that has essentially collapsed into farce with a candidate who is collapsing in the final weeks.
And here's the tragedy: A country at a crossroads - with urgent domestic and foreign policy issues to debate and address - will finish this election cycle having dealt with none of these substantial matters.
American voters will have every right to feel cheated and profoundly disillusioned.