Politico does a piece about the Donald Trump stealling the spotlight from ‘HIS’ party….
Oh, and his also stealing the parties fundraising money over his OWN…..
Trump’s legal problems are splashed across the media….
The heck with the problems seemingly developing for Republicans on the midterms only a few months away….The heck with their efforts to focus against Biden…..
The Donald HAS ALWAYS been about HIM…..
NOTHING Else….
(GOPer Crying about the FBI and IRS has not driven the political agenda much at all in the past week’s)
“I think anytime you have FBI agents setting a new precedent by raiding a former president’s home, that’s going to get a lot of attention, compounded by Liz Cheney getting annihilated in her primary,” said former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who set the prior template for policy-centric midterm catapults with the GOP’s famed Contract with America in 1994.
For Democrats, the current paradigm is a boon, politically. The party hailed the passage of the IRA as a major victory they plan to capitalize on moving into the midterms. They argue that uniform Republican opposition to the bill was hypocrisy — Trump once championed several of its provisions. They view the popularity of the IRA and absence of sustained pushback as a guarantee that this won’t be an electoral albatross like Obamacare was for the party in 2010.
“You’re not having town halls with people screaming about Medicare drug negotiations. It’s very hard to object to a bill that invests a lot of money in clean energy,” said Matt Bennett, the executive vice president for public affairs at the Democratic centrist think tank Third Way….
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In the wake of the FBI’s search of Trump’s home, Trump’s Save America PAC reportedly raked in millions in the following days, according to The Washington Post. Elsewhere, meanwhile, the main Republicans running in marquee Senate races have struggled to build small-dollar donor networks, forcing the National Republican Senatorial Committee to slash ad spendingand campaigns and operatives to panic….
The Republican Party likes what Trump is doing,overwhelmingly.
“The Donald has always been about him.”Sure he has!So?
Republicans have no problem with that!
YouGov poll from last week….
81% of Republicans view Trump “favorably “
Polls vary….
He’s down from his pre-Jan. 6 numbers
But yea….
He’s the GOPer poster guy….
Trump’s 2024 standing after the FBI raid
In the Aug. 10 survey, 58% of Republican voters said they would support Trump if the 2024 Republican presidential primary were today, the highest on record since his 2020 loss. The share of support is up from 54% in July and 53% in June amid the high-profile congressional Jan. 6 hearings.
Trump’s improvement has come to the detriment of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose 2024 support has slumped 5 percentage points since late July, to 16%.
Similarly, a record-high 71% of GOP voters say that Trump should run for president in 2024….
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