"The latest Fox News poll has an intriguing question: What is your biggest motivation voting for president this year? Fear the other candidate wins with 57%. The majority of American voters are voting against, rather than for Clinton or Trump. So why is that happening? Let's take Donald Trump first. First, his business background is not compatible with politics. Business people like Trump maximize profits and promote their products, sometimes in flamboyant ways. Both of those things can be exploited politically. When The New York Times reports that Donald Trump took a $900 million-plus tax loss back in 1995, the paper does so in an accusatory way. Almost any corporation would do the same thing, but Mr. Trump is getting hammered in the court of public opinion because his opposition is labeling him a business failure and a greed head. It's the same on the woman issue. This whole Alicia Machado deal is basically contrived. Trump did what he always does. He took a business situation - the Miss Universe pageant, which he owned - and tried to maximize publicity. So when Ms. Machado gained some weight, he exploited it by taking her to the gym and getting media attention. So Trump is vulnerable because of his business background and his high-profile marketing strategies. The Clinton campaign is using that to brand him a misogynist and, of course, the press is playing along. Now let's take a look at why Hillary Clinton is not very popular with the public. Her main problem stems from the perception that she does not tell the truth. There is little Mrs. Clinton can do about that. Benghazi, the emails, Whitewater - all that stuff is not going away. The secretary is smart to play down those questions. But in order to get away from the perception that she is not an honest person, she must convince Americans that she is looking out for them, that her political vision will be beneficial to the country. Mrs. Clinton must talk directly to the folks, but she avoids most interviews, perhaps because of the email and Benghazi stuff. Summing up, right now we have two presidential candidates who worry a lot of voters. If the election were held tomorrow, Talking Points believes the turnout would be low. There is still time for Clinton and Trump to get a more positive policy-oriented message to the voters. But both of them have to stop making mistakes, stop mudslinging and stop being self-centered. Finally, Donald Trump is a man who does not take slights well. I can sympathize, I'm the same way. But over the years I have learned to ignore most of the smears that come my way because I have far more important things to do than deal with personal slights. That lesson did not come easy to me, and I wasted some of your time talking about stupid stuff that I should've ignored. But today I let a lot of stuff go and Donald Trump might consider doing the same thing. His supporters like his policy vision; they don't care about the personal stuff. In the end, Mr. Trump will have to win over more supporters and policy is the way to do it."

Charles Krauthammer joined The Factor to evaluate the Donald Trump tax avoidance situation. "This weekend Trump sent out his surrogates like Rudy Giuliani and Chris Christie," Dr. K observed, "who said he is a genius for ducking taxes. But I think he needs to say something himself because Hillary hit him pretty squarely about his failure to release his taxes. Most ordinary Americans will be offended by this, it doesn't help that he is essentially calling American people dumb for paying their taxes. The visceral effect is that he is somewhat less than patriotic." Playing devil's advocate, The Factor contended, "Trump can say this was available to him and 95% of corporations would do the same thing."

For another view of the tax deal, The Factor turned to Fox Business anchor Stuart Varney. "I think this gives an opportunity to his opponent," Varney affirmed, "to say the rich do not pay their fair share, Donald Trump included. I think it will be brought up in the vice presidential debate and Hillary Clinton will run with it. But he can turn this to his advantage and say look how I bounced back. He also has to pivot from his tax problems in the 1990s to his tax policy right now, because that will be a winning policy. It's the only plan out there that gets America growing again."

Both presidential candidates have grown more insulting and more personal, but will that work? The Factor posed that question to Monica Crowley and Mary Anne Marsh. "Donald Trump allowed Mrs. Clinton to get under his skin during last week's debate," Crowley conceded. "Hillary Clinton cannot run on her record, so she has to make the race about Donald Trump. The problem for both of them is that it's not enough to tear your opponent down, you also have to give voters a positive reason to vote for you." Marsh argued that Hillary Clinton's attacks accrue to her advantage. "We are still in the negative stage of this campaign and it's going to get worse. The last few days have been epically bad for Donald Trump, so Hillary Clinton has to take full advantage of that. But she is also talking about issues."

Karl Rove entered the No Spin Zone with his take on Tuesday's vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Tim Kaine. "This will generate a very large audience," Rove predicted, "because a lot of people are very interested in this election. I think this will be a civil debate between two people who come across as well-versed and thoughtful. I think both men will cause people to say, 'Why aren't these guys at the top of the ticket instead of the people we've got?'" The Factor concluded, "These are two good guys who are good civil servants, but they're bland."

With China and its trade policies being widely disparaged these days, particularly by Donald Trump, Jesse Watters hopped on a subway to New York's Chinatown to talk with a few residents. Here's what a few of them had to say: "Hillary Clinton is basically an extension of Obama" ... "Trump has a big mouth" ... "I can't think of anything that's not made in China" ... "China and America are friends." Watters reported that Hillary Clinton seemed to be favored by about 60% of the folks he interviewed. 40% were opposed to Trump, and an estimated 100% found Watters exceptionally annoying. The margin of error in that last poll was actually 0%.

Jerry Muchlberger, Boerne, TX: "President Obama will not say 'Islamic terrorism' because he doesn't want to hurt the feelings of good Muslims. But he supports Colin Kaepernick's right to disrespect the flag despite the hurt that might cause."

Linda Reynolds, Columbia, SC: "O'Reilly, I think that what Brit Hume said about Hillary Clinton's facial expressions being unattractive was in context. Yet if Trump had said the same thing, you, Bernie, and Brit would have crucified him."

Adam Silverman, Taipei, Taiwan: "Bill, you dropped the ball. Hume meant Hillary is unattractive to voters."

Fox News correspondent James Rosen has just edited an insightful book that compiles the thoughts and writings of William F. Buckley, Jr., a founding father of modern American conservatism.