Trump Is an Anchor for Republicans

Charlie Cook: “There was a pervasive sense of pessimism, if not panic, among congressional Republicans as they returned to Capitol Hill early last week after a two-week recess. They were beginning to realize the midterm outlook isn’t merely as bad as it normally is for a president’s party, but perhaps a good bit worse than that, and not likely to get better.”

“President Trump is now an anchor for the GOP among certain segments of the electorate. Trump’s positions aren’t just alienating many Republicans of a more centrist, less populist stripe; a sense is also building that he is in over his head and just winging it from day to day, if not hour to hour.”