How the White House Views the Midterms

Playbook: “The mood within the camp has been transformed by an extraordinary two weeks in which high-stakes showdowns over redistricting landed decisively in Republicans’ favor — potentially handing them up to 12 Democratic House districts this fall. Blair, the architect of a strategy that just a few weeks ago seemed to be teetering on the brink of failure, is lapping it all up…”

“Blair hints that Republican donor concerns about Trump’s unspent millions are groundless, vowing GOP candidates won’t be outspent. And he spies opportunity in his opponents’ tribulations, enjoying the fratricidal warfare consuming Dems in several hard-fought primaries, including last night in Nebraska. He believes Democrats will repeat the ‘woke, weak and way too liberal,’ mistakes of 2024, and that his strategy will be ‘attack, attack, attack.’”

“But Democrats will see openings. There’s no acknowledgement of the infighting that’s beset Republicans in Texas, and may yet open the door for rising Democratic star James Talarico. There’s no acknowledgement of Trump’s abysmal polling. And there’s no attempt to confront the political catastrophe that is Trump’s war in Iran — a conflict that’s sent prices soaring with no end in sight.”