The Democrats can use all the assets they can find as they approach a midterm election that grows increasingly challenging. The polls are daunting. The electoral map for both the Senate and House is unfavorable. And history is rarely kind to the president’s party in midterm voting.
But the Democrats have two significant assets in the form of Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, the president and former president who have thrown themselves into the 2014 campaign with gusto.
In a real sense, the pair — the only two-term Democratic presidents since World War II — offer complementary strengths. CONT.
Rhodes Cook, Sabato’s Crystal Ball