The closer we get to the midterm elections, the greater the impact of politicans’ words on swing voters. That’s why House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s comment on Sunday about impeachment was a mistake.
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Say what you will, President Trump’s endorsement is still mighty powerful in primaries. Last week, seven days before Tuesday’s Senate runoff in Texas, Mr. Trump endorsed the scandal-plagued state attorney general, Ken Paxton, over Sen. John Cornyn.
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Now that the Virginia Supreme Court has thrown out state Democrats’ attempted gerrymander, the battlefield for the House this fall is coming into focus.
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Hand it to President Trump. He got the Indiana scalps he wanted. He and his allies targeted seven incumbent Republican state senators up for re-election this year. At least five lost their primaries on Tuesday. A sixth leads by three votes.
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As Republicans face a tough election, they must remember the words of Zhang Yu, a commentator on the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War”: “Attack is the secret of defense.”
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