It's time for a 'Trumperendum'

Unlike many friends and colleagues, I’ve never been a Donald Trump hater. Throughout this unprecedented campaign season, I’ve even flirted with the idea of casting my vote for him. His largely self-funded campaign, outside-the-Beltway perspective and populist, country-first bent excites the Midwestern Populist in me.

But now, after lewd comments Trump made on a hot-mic recording, the time is right for Trump to give us all a reality TV-inspired say in his electoral fate: offer the American people a history-making referendum on his candidacy. A “Trumperendum,” if you will.