Is Donald Trump in free fall in the polls? Maybe so.

The release Monday of the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, reflecting interviewing on Saturday and Sunday — in other words, after the “Access Hollywood” tapes were released and before the second presidential debate — showed him trailing Hillary Clinton in a four-candidate pairing by a whopping 11-point margin. The results released today — i.e., with Monday post-debate interviewing included — show the margin narrowing to nine points (46 to 37 percent). Those are still dreadful numbers for Trump and for the Republican party.