The White House “is planning a full-throttle campaign to plunge the president into the midterm elections,” according to the Washington Post. Aides insist that President Trump “wants to travel extensively and hold rallies” and “is looking forward to spending much of 2018 campaigning.” If true, this plan should be shelved. Making the midterms about Donald Trump is a very bad idea.
To begin with, he has the worst ratings in his first year of any modern president. Mr. Trump’s approval in the Gallup poll is 35%. By comparison, President Obama ended his first year at 50% and Bill Clinton at 54%, and both watched their party get shellacked in the midterms. Even George H.W. Bush, at 73%, saw a few seats lost in 1990. CONT.
Karl Rove